Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

1. witness

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Perceiver
   • Speaker
   • Testimony
   • Watch

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. victimize

   to have no part in something and be completely innocent

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. witnessnoun

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

2. witnessverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "witness":

   witnesses, tell-tale, tracer, eyewitness, testimony, telltale, control, cookie, tell-tales, baton, comparison, testify, indicator, witnessed, faith, attend, testimonial

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

1. witness

   Synonyms:
   Diagnostic witness

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1. Morgan Harrington:

   To be a witness to these proceedings is one of the last things I can do for her, and I intend to be here as often as I can.

2. The Aviary:

   We did not witness the incident and we are just beginning to learn the details. What is certain is this : no customer should ever be spit upon.

3. Jill Biden:

   In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her, an enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of her history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity.

4. Daniel Suneson:

   It is worth noting that I have had access to a greater amount of material than that which has previously been available on the internet. In addition to video material, the injured party's statements have been supported by witness statements.

5. Jeff Weaver:

   As best we can tell, the current news reports are simply recycling an account of a government interview of a witness from several months ago.