lurker

Meaning

1. One who lurks.
2. (Internet) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.
3. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A small fishing-boat.
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) An impostor; a quack.

Opposite of

poster

Synonyms

skulker

lurcher

stalker

voyeur

waylayer

Translations

voyeur

mirón

Lurker

κρυμμένος

Beobachter

χαφιές

lurker

espreitador

fisgón

intruso

merodeador

lurcher

لوركير

gizli meraklı

Lauerer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɜː.kə/

Etymology

From lurk + -er, agent suffix.