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eyewitness

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈī-ˈwit-nəs\
    • /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈī-ˈwit-nəs\

Definitions of eyewitness word

  • noun eyewitness A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it. 1
  • noun eyewitness person who has seen a crime 1
  • countable noun eyewitness An eyewitness is a person who was present at an event and can therefore describe it, for example in a law court. 0
  • noun eyewitness a person present at an event who can describe what happened 0
  • noun eyewitness (as modifier) 0
  • noun eyewitness a person who sees or has seen something happen, as an accident, crime, etc. 0
See all 7 definitions of eyewitness

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Parts of speech for Eyewitness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Eyewitness

eyewitness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for eyewitness

noun eyewitness

  • witness — to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
  • observer — someone or something that observes.
  • bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
  • onlooker — spectator; observer; witness.
  • looker-on — a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.

adjective eyewitness

  • firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
All 12 Synonyms of eyewitness

Antonyms for eyewitness

noun eyewitness

  • participant — a person or group that participates; partaker.
Just one Antonym for eyewitness

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