Antonyms for witness
ˈwɪt nɪswit·ness

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1. witnessverb

   Synonyms:
   certify

2. witnessverb

   To furnish proof of, to show.

   This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.

   Synonyms:
   certify

3. witnessverb

   To take as evidence.

   As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.

   Synonyms:
   certify

4. witnessverb

   To see, note, or gain knowledge of.

   He witnessed the accident.

   Synonyms:
   certify

5. witnessverb

   To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.

   I don't really want to be actively harrassed (I mean witnessed to) (...)

   Synonyms:
   certify

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. witness

   Acknowledge, admit, and declare refer either to oneself or to others; all the other words refer only to one's own knowledge or action. To avow is to declare boldly and openly, commonly as something one is ready to justify, maintain, or defend. A man acknowledges another's claim or his own promise; he admits an opponent's advantage or his own error; he declares either what he has seen or experienced or what he has received from another; he avers what he is sure of from his own knowledge or consciousness; he gives his assurance as the voucher for what he avouches; he avows openly a belief or intention that he has silently held. Avow and avouch take a direct object; aver is followed by a conjunction: a man avows his faith, avouches a deed, avers that he was present. Avow has usually a good sense; what a person avows he at least does not treat as blameworthy, criminal, or shameful; if he did, he would be said to confess it; yet there is always the suggestion that some will be ready to challenge or censure what one avows; as, the clergyman avowed his dissent from the doctrine of his church. Own applies to all things, good or bad, great or small, which one takes as his own. Compare CONFESS; STATE.

   Antonyms:
   contradict, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, ignore, repudiate

   Synonyms:
   admit, aver, avouch, avow, confess, declare, knowledge, own, proclaim, profess, protest, testify

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. witness

   Antonyms:
   invalidation, incognizance, refutation, ignorance, alien, ignoramus, stranger

   Synonyms:
   attestation, testimony, evidence, corroboration, cognizance, corroborator, eyewitness, spectator, auditor, testifier, voucher, earwitness

Matched Categories

1. • Perceiver
   • Speaker
   • Testimony
   • Watch

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

1. witness, witnesser, informantnoun

   someone who sees an event and reports what happened

   Synonyms:
   attestant, watcher, attestator, informant, spectator, viewer, source, attestor, witnesser, looker

2. spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, lookernoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   sweetheart, beauty, viewer, stunner, smasher, watcher, informant, peach, looker, security guard, spectator pump, knockout, lulu, attestator, witnesser, mantrap, watchman, spectator, attestor, dish, ravisher, attestant

3. witnessnoun

   testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

   Synonyms:
   attestant, watcher, attestator, informant, spectator, viewer, attestor, witnesser, looker

4. witness, attestant, attestor, attestatornoun

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

   Synonyms:
   attestant, watcher, attestator, attester, informant, spectator, viewer, attestor, witnesser, looker

5. witnessverb

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

   Synonyms:
   attestant, watcher, attestator, informant, spectator, viewer, attestor, witnesser, looker

6. witnessverb

   be a witness to

   "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

   Synonyms:
   see, find

7. witness, find, seeverb

   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:
   line up, detect, recover, take in, figure, date, go out, find oneself, look, get, examine, get hold, run across, see to it, find, view, go steady, retrieve, get word, control, construe, rule, notice, meet, check, chance, determine, see, find out, reckon, project, come up, visualize, realise, fancy, encounter, escort, assure, envision, happen, watch, receive, visit, feel, run into, regard, incur, take care, come across, observe, get a line, go through, image, picture, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, experience, ascertain, catch, bump, visualise, consider, interpret, learn, realize, regain, obtain, discover, insure, hear

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1. witnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   attestation, testimony, evidence, eye-witness, deponent, attestor

2. witnessverb

   Synonyms:
   testify, bear witness, confirm, corroborate, attest

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. witness

   Synonyms:
   Diagnostic witness

How to use witness in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   We will never, ever be silent in the face of evil again. Denying the Holocaust is only one of many dangerous forms of anti-Semitism that continues all around the world, this is my pledge to you: We will confront anti-Semitism. We will stamp out prejudice, we will condemn hatred, we will bear witness and we will act. As President of the United States, I will always stand with the Jewish people, and I will always stand with our great partner and friend, the state of Israel.

2. Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8:

   He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.

3. Santiago Lyon:

   Abd is an internationally celebrated journalist who upholds the AP's high standards of ethics and integrity, independent news organizations must be permitted to bear witness to news events without fear of government interference or reprisal.

4. Terry Ekl:

   He has the ability to communicate (and) he thinks he can take the witness stand and play a role.

5. Angela Merkel:

   We have had to witness a shifting of borders in Europe, the annexation of Crimea and the questioning of territorial integrity – a core part of Europe's post-war model. The apparent right of whoever is strongest trumped the strength of law, russia has breached and is still breaching international law...neighboring states are suddenly no longer partner countries but spheres of influence.

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