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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, literally, one who sees, from Middle French, from voir to see, from Latin vid?re — more at wit Date: 1900 1. one obtaining sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts; broadly one who habitually seeks sexual stimulation by visual means 2. a prying observer who is usually seeking the sordid or the scandalous • voyeurism noun • voyeuristic adjective • voyeuristically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who obtains sexual gratification from observing others' sexual actions or organs. Derivatives: voyeurism n. voyeuristic adj. voyeuristically adj. Etymology: F f. voir see

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(voyeurs) 1. A voyeur is someone who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching other people having sex or taking their clothes off. N-COUNT 2. If you describe someone as a voyeur, you disapprove of them because you think they enjoy watching other people's suffering or problems. The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us. N-COUNT [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, bugger, busybody, coprophiliac, eavesdropper, erotomaniac, exhibitionist, fetishist, gossip, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, masochist, narcissist, necrophiliac, nosy Parker, nymphomaniac, paraphiliac, pederast, pedophiliac, peeper, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, rapist, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sadist, satyr, scopophiliac, scotophiliac, sightseer, snoop, snooper, sodomist, sodomite, transvestite, yenta, zoophiliac