BYSTANDERS Synonyms

• a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

• the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service

• an opportunity to state your case and be heard

• a conference (usually with someone important)

• the body of citizens of a state or country

• a group of people living in a particular local area

• a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common

• common ownership

• a group of nations having common interests

• agreement as to goals

• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

• an institution created to conduct business

• small military unit; usually two or three platoons

• the state of being with someone

• organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)

• a social or business visitor

• a social gathering of guests or companions

• a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

• crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship

• a unit of firefighters including their equipment

• be a companion to somebody

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

• the act of congregating

• a large number of things or people considered together

• an informal body of friends

• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

• fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

• to gather together in large numbers

• approach a certain age or speed

• a group of persons together in one place

• the social act of assembling

• the act of gathering something

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse

• arrange into a group or groups

• form a group or group together

• (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

• the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

• a musical setting for a Mass

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite

• an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

• a body of matter without definite shape

• the common people generally

• the property of something that is great in magnitude

• formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

• join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

• a disorderly crowd of people

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of criminals

• press tightly together or cram

• a large indefinite quantity

• a large gathering of people

• the common people generally

• an organization to gain political power

• a gathering of people for pleasure

• a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

• an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

• a person involved in legal proceedings

• have or participate in a party

• (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

• the body of citizens of a state or country

• members of a family line

• the common people generally

• fill with people

• furnish with people

• people in general considered as a whole

• not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

• people in general considered as a whole

• a body of people sharing some common interest

• affecting the people or community as a whole

• a large gathering of people

• press tightly together or cram

• the audience reached by television

• a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

• an expert who observes and comments on something

• someone who looks on