spectator sport
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.
noun
Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.
noun
An activity which consists of watching or observing.
Example Sentences
- "Today harness racing is a $430 million-a-year business, the fastest-growing spectator sport in the U.S."
- "Politics for me was strictly a spectator sport."
- "The singer Britney Spears, whose descent into a personal abyss has become a ghoulish worldwide spectator sport, yesterday left a Los Angeles hospital."
- "Thompson, who's the digest's publisher, says bird watching is a hobby, a pastime and a spectator sport that can be enjoyed anywhere."
- "Rubbernecking is only a spectator sport."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.