1. Someone who is the first to observe something
   "The finder of the rare artifact was rewarded by the museum";
   - discoverer, spotter
    
2. Someone who comes upon something after searching
   "After hours of looking, the finder located the lost wedding ring"
    
3. An optical device that shows what will be captured or targeted by an instrument such as a camera, telescope, or weapon
   "The photographer composed his shot using the camera's finder";
   - viewfinder

Derived forms: finders

Type of: beholder, observer, optical device, perceiver, percipient, quester, searcher, seeker

Part of: camera, gunsight, gun-sight, photographic camera, scope [informal], telescope

Encyclopedia: Finder, Joseph