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Synonyms for witness
ˈwɪt nɪswit·ness

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms2.0 / 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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. victimize

    to have no part in something and be completely innocent

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. witnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    testimony, evidence, attestation, corroboration

  2. witnessnoun

    Synonyms:
    deponent, corroborator, eye-witness

  3. witnessverb

    Synonyms:
    attest, be a witness of, bear witness to

  4. witnessverb

    Synonyms:
    observe, see, take cognizance of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. witness

    Synonyms:
    Diagnostic witness

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How to use witness in a sentence?

  1. Arianna Huffington:

    Given Thrive's growth, it has become clear to me that I will no longer be able to give my Uber board duties the attention they deserve, so I will be stepping down, it has been an unforgettable three-year ride, and I'm grateful to have been able to work alongside my fellow board members and witness the incredible work of thousands of Uber employees around the world.

  2. Rik Mehta:

    CNN talking points used to promote clickbait COVID stories based on fear-mongering have never held water to actual epidemiological data and medical science, unfortunately for CNN, a majority of Americans recognized this fact before them, as America literally continues to witness high breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals.

  3. John McCain:

    If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.

  4. Michael Rakowitz:

    Traces of fingers and hands that have borne silent witness to what has happened in the city from buildings that survived – that is something very hopeful and resilient.

  5. Jennifer Pizer:

    [W]e are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish, the constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination for those doing business with the general public.


Translations for witness

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  • شاهدArabic
  • шаһитBashkir
  • testimoni, veure, provar, evidència, testimoniatge, contemplar, atestat, testificar, provaCatalan, Valencian
  • svědectví, svědekCzech
  • vidneDanish
  • Zeuge, bezeugen, ZeuginGerman
  • ɖaseɖiɖi, ɖasedilaEwe
  • μάρτυραςGreek
  • atestantoEsperanto
  • prueba, testificar, probar, testimonio, testigoSpanish
  • شاهدPersian
  • todistaa, todistaja, todistus, todiste, osoittaaFinnish
  • témoignage, témoigner, témoin, preuveFrench
  • fianaiseIrish
  • neach-fianais, fianaisScottish Gaelic
  • गवाहHindi
  • tanúsít, szemtanú, tanúságtétel, fültanú, tanú, tanúságHungarian
  • վկայել, վկայություն, ականատես, հաստատել, վկաArmenian
  • saksiIndonesian
  • essere testimone, testimoniare, testimonianzaItalian
  • 証人, 証, 目撃者Japanese
  • 証人, 목격자, 目擊者, 증인Korean
  • mataaraMāori
  • getuigenis, getuigeDutch
  • vitneNorwegian
  • świadectwo, świadekPolish
  • prova, testemunhar, presenciar, provar, testemunha, testemunhoPortuguese
  • martorRomanian
  • свидетельстовать, свидетельница, понятой, подтверждать, свидетельство, свидетель, очевидец, подтвердитьRussian
  • svjèdok, svjedòčiti, svjedočánstvo, svjedòkinjaSerbo-Croatian
  • svedkomSlovak
  • vittnesmål, bevittna, vittna om, vittneSwedish
  • shahidiSwahili
  • సాక్షిTelugu
  • گواہUrdu

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