witness
/wˈɪtnʌs/
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Definitions
Noun
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Noun
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
Noun
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
Noun
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Noun
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
Verb
be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
Verb
perceive or be contemporaneous with; "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"
Synonyms
More General Terms
beholder
experience
go through
individual
mortal
observer
perceiver
percipient
person
see
signatory
signer
somebody
someone
soul
speaker
talker
testimony
utterer
verbaliser
verbalizer
watch
More Specific Terms
adverse witness
attestant
attester
browser
bystander
catch
character witness
cheerer
deponent
deposer
expert witness
eyewitness
gawker
hostile witness
lay witness
looker-on
material witness
motion-picture fan
moviegoer
ogler
onlooker
peeper
Peeping Tom
playgoer
rubberneck
rubbernecker
shahadah
spy
starer
testifier
theatergoer
theatregoer
voyeur