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

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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  

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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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How to use witness in a sentence?

1. Pere Miro:

   At the end of January with representatives sent by the government of Kuwait we had meetings in Geneva with The United Nations. The United Nations was witness of the conversations, we were discussing for five days and after that we got two times a draft already agreed between the negotiators. We got an agreement with negotiators on what should be changed in the law.

2. Jesus:

   To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

3. Your Child:

   Parents say 'Be nice!' and then they contribute to the exclusion of low-status, 'unpopular/weird' kids in the way they form car pools; allow parties to come together; witness exclusion and do nothing about it; or even join in mean behavior by gossiping along with their kids.

4. President Donald Trump:

   I was, as you say, just reporting what I was told what I heard, what people had described to me and that turns out to have been corroborated by most of the other witness, and it seems to me that's there's not really a question about the facts of the case and so that made what I said not controversial. It was pretty straightforward.

5. Omar Salih:

   I've seen some horrible accidents, people that have no clue about mines are getting blown up by them. It's an eerie thing to witness but it gives us a sense of duty to clear areas.