witness

/wˈɪtnəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. someone who sees an event and reports what happened
2. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
   “the spectators applauded the performance”
3. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
4. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
5. (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

verb

1. be a witness to
   “She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court”
2. perceive or be contemporaneous with
   “We found Republicans winning the offices”

Synonyms for witness

• witnesser
• informant
• spectator
• viewer
• watcher
• looker
• attestant
• attestor
• attestator
• find
• see

Words that rhyme with witness

• fitness
• eyewitness