noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

   "And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it."

2. 2
   a spectator who can describe what happened wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it. transitive
2. 2
   be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

absoluteadducibleadmissibleattestantattestativeattestator

Example

More examples

"One eyewitness is better than ten earwitnesses."

Etymology

From eye + witness.

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