Observer
Participant
Participant noun - One who takes part in something.
Usage example: he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank
Observer is an antonym for participant.
How words are described
| female | female observer | female participant |
| common | common observer | common participant |
| average | average observer | average participant |
| passive | passive observer | passive participant |
| Other adjectives: new, casual, mysterious, unwitting, undercover. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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She became even lonelier after realizing that she was only an observer of the world she made, not a participant.
Source: Video Game / Mugen Souls -
He tells an archeologist friend that he has learned to survive by "being on the fringes, always an observer, never a participant."
Source: Time Abyss -
Hero of Another Story: Yowane Haku, who makes a very brief cameo in mirai's "Aku no Meshitukai", is a related character in the scope of the "Aku no Musume/Meshitukai" story who is an observer to all of the story's events, but not an active participant.
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