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star·gaz·er

 (stär′gā′zər)
n.
1.
a. Informal An astronomer.
b. An astrologer.
2. A daydreamer.
3. Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the families Uranoscopidae and Dactyloscopidae, having eyes on the top of the head.
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star•gaz•er

(ˈstɑrˌgeɪ zər)

n.
1. an astronomer or astrologer.
2. a daydreamer.
3. any tropical marine fish of the family Uranoscopidae, having the eyes at the top of the head.
[1550–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stargazer - someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence"
daydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
2.stargazer - a physicist who studies astronomystargazer - a physicist who studies astronomy  
astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
astrophysicist - an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
cosmologist - an astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe
physicist - a scientist trained in physics
3.stargazer - heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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Translations
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stargazer

[ˈstɑːˌgeɪzəʳ] Nastrónomo/a m/f
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