witness

Nouns

  • (n) someone who sees an event and reports what happened witnesser, informant,
  • (n) 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
    looker, spectator, viewer, watcher,
  • (n) testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
  • (n) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature attestant, attestator, attestor,
  • (n) (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

Verbs

  • (v) be a witness to
    • She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
  • (v) 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
    see, find,

Synonyms

witnesser informant looker spectator viewer watcher see find attestant attestator attestor

Words of close approximity

witness box witnesser witness stand