Synonyms for witness

Synonyms for (noun) witness

Synonyms: witness

Definition: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

Similar words: testimony

Definition: a solemn statement made under oath


Synonyms: spectator, looker, witness, watcher, viewer

Definition: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

Usage: the spectators applauded the performance; television viewers; sky watchers discovered a new star

Similar words: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder

Definition: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


Synonyms: witness, witnesser, informant

Definition: someone who sees an event and reports what happened

Similar words: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder

Definition: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


Similar words: speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer

Definition: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

Usage: the speaker at commencement; an utterer of useful maxims


Synonyms: attestant, attestator, attestor, witness

Definition: (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

Similar words: signatory, signer

Definition: someone who signs and is bound by a document


Synonyms: witness

Definition: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual

Definition: a human being

Usage: there was too much for one person to do


Synonyms for (verb) witness

Synonyms: witness

Definition: be a witness to

Usage: She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court

Similar words: watch

Definition: look attentively

Usage: watch a basketball game


Synonyms: find, see, witness

Definition: perceive or be contemporaneous with

Usage: We found Republicans winning the offices; You'll see a lot of cheating in this school; The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions; I want to see results

Similar words: see, go through, experience

Definition: go or live through

Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam


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