look on

look on

Verb

1. to be a spectator

2. to consider or regard: I just looked on her as a friend

looker-on n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	look on - observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed" watch sit by, sit back - be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!"
	2.	look on - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, think of think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"