rubberneck as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
rubberneck
noun
1 rubberneck
A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
synonyms: excursionist, sightseer, tripper.
Roget 455:
interest,
thirst for knowledge,
thirst for truth;
curiosity,
curiousness;
inquiring mind;
inquisitiveness.
omnivorous intellect,
devouring mind.
[person who desires knowledge]
inquirer;
sightseer;
quidnunc [Lat.],
newsmonger,
Paul Pry,
eavesdropper;
gossip
etc.
(news)
532;
rubberneck;
intellectual;
seeker
[inquirer after religious knowledge],
seeker after truth.
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2 rubberneck
verb
1 rubberneck
Strain to watch; stare curiously.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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