All witness synonyms
witΒ·ness
W w noun witness
- observer β someone or something that observes.
- spectator β a weekly periodical (1711β12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- bystander β A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- onlooker β spectator; observer; witness.
- eyewitness β A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- watcher β a person who watches or who keeps watch.
- testimony β Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- attest β To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- attestor β to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- beholder β The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- deponent β (of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
- gawker β Someone who gawks, someone who stares stupidly.
- looker-on β a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
- proof β evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- signatory β having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signer β a person who signs.
- testifier β to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
- viewer β a person or thing that views.
- corroborator β to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
verb witness
- see β to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- view β an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- perceive β to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- behold β If you behold someone or something, you see them.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- note β a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notice β an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.
- pipe β a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- read β to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
- sight β the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- spot β a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spy β a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- flash on β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- look on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- pick up on β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- take in β the act of taking.
- countersign β If you countersign a document, you sign it after someone else has signed it.
- endorse β Declare one's public approval or support of.
- sign β a token; indication.
- authenticate β If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- corroborate β To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- notarize β to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- announce β If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- affirm β If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.