rubberneck
v.
look at with curiosity, gawk at
n.
one who is curious; tourist, sightseer, visitor
Rubberneck
rubberneck
Noun
1. a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
(synonym) sightseer, excursionist, tripper
(hypernym) tourist, tourer, holidaymaker
2. a person who stares inquisitively
(hypernym) spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Verb
1. strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"
(hypernym) watch
rubberneck
listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.
rubberneck
Synonyms and related words:
Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, be curious, burn with curiosity, busybody, butt-in, buttinsky, campaign, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruise, cruiser, dig around for, dig up, eavesdropper, excursionist, explorer, eye, fare, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, globe-girdler, globe-trot, globe-trotter, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, go slumming, goer, goggle, gossip, hajji, hit the trail, inquire, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, intermeddler, interrogate, jaunt, jet set, jet-setter, journey, journeyer, kibitzer, lionize, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, mariner, meddler, mountaineer, nose around for, nose out, nosy Parker, ogle, onlooking, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, peer, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pioneer, pragmatist, prier, pry, querier, querist, query, question, questioner, quidnunc, quiz, range the world, rubber, rubbernecker, sailor, scopophiliac, see the lions, see the sights, seek, sight-see, sight-seeing, sightseer, slummer, snoop, snooper, spectating, spectatorial, stare, straphanger, take a trip, take the road, tour, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trek, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyage, voyager, voyageur, voyeur, want to know, wayfare, wayfarer, world-traveler, yenta
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.