Witness

//ˈwɪtnəs//

Synonyms for "witness" (216 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (44)

Related words (108)

informer instrument in proof interviewee ken kibitzer lay eyes on legal evidence litigant litigationist litigator look look on look upon looker looker-on make out monitor monument mouthpiece navicert

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Noun(6 words)

jehovah's witness looker spectator viewer watcher witnesser

Verb(1 words)

see

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

19 entries

actor beholder doer experience go through observer perceiver percipient see signatory signer speaker talker testimony utterer verbaliser

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Synonyms

4 entries

certify evidence spectator testify

capable of

14 entries

back defendant gain reward from police name attacker name perpetrators notice crime report accident report crime sign document sound alarm state facts state facts of incident state facts to detective state name state truth

derived

31 entries

Jehovah Witness Jehovah's witness Jehovah’s Witness adverse witness bear false witness bear witness character witness crown witness expert witness eye witness eye-witness eyewitness fact witness false witness foundational witness hostile witness

Showing 16 of 31 words.

derived from

1 entries

wit

has context

2 entries

construed with to or for law

is a

5 entries

perceiver person signer speaker testimony

manner of

2 entries

experience watch

related to

40 entries

action attestation authenticity court crime crime information event everything evidence execution fact furnish information jehovah's witness knowledge lawyer

Showing 16 of 40 words.

similar

11 entries

bear witness discover find find out get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up see

Translations

376 translations across 95 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

getuie noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
getuie noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Aghwan

2 entries

𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾 noun (attestation of a fact or event)
𐕢𐕒𐕡𐔾𐔰𐔺𐔲𐔰𐕎 noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Albanian

1 entries

dëshmitar noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μάρτυς noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
μάρτυς noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Arabic

4 entries

شاهد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شاهد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
شَاهِد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شَاهِد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Armenian

4 entries

ականատես noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
վկա noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
վկա noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
վկայություն noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

tanıq noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
tanıq noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
şahid noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
şahid noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Bactrian

1 entries

οιγαλφο noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Bashkir

2 entries

шаһит noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
шаһит noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Belarusian

4 entries

во́чнік noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
во́чніца noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
відаво́чца noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
пасве́дчанне noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Bengali

2 entries

সাক্ষী noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
সাক্ষী noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Bulgarian

4 entries

доказателство noun (something that serves as evidence)
очеви́дец noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
очеви́дец noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
све́док noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Burmese

1 entries

သက်သေ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Catalan

4 entries

atestat (accident de cotxe) noun (attestation of a fact or event)
evidència noun (something that serves as evidence)
prova noun (something that serves as evidence)
testimoni noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Cebuano

2 entries

saksi noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
saksi noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎦᏔᎯ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

目擊者 /目击者 noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
見證人 /见证人 noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
證人 /证人 noun (attestation of a fact or event)
證人 /证人 noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Czech

4 entries

svědectví noun (attestation of a fact or event)
svědek noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
svědek noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
svědkyně noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Danish

2 entries

vidne noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
vidne noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Dutch

3 entries

getuige noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
getuige noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
getuigenis noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Esperanto

2 entries

atestanto noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
atesti verb ((transitive) to furnish proof of)

Estonian

1 entries

tunnistaja noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Ewe

2 entries

ɖasedila noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
ɖaseɖiɖi noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Finnish

4 entries

todistaja noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
todistaja noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
todiste noun (something that serves as evidence)
todistus noun (attestation of a fact or event)

French

4 entries

preuve noun (something that serves as evidence)
témoignage noun (attestation of a fact or event)
témoin noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
témoin noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Friulian

1 entries

testimone noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Galician

1 entries

testemuña noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Georgian

4 entries

თვითმხილველი noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
თვითმხილველი noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
მოწმე noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
მოწმე noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

German

4 entries

Zeuge noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
Zeuge noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
Zeugin noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
Zeugin noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Greek

2 entries

μάρτυρας noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
μάρτυρας noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Hebrew

2 entries

עֵד noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
עֵד noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Hindi

4 entries

गवाह noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
गवाह noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
गवाही noun (attestation of a fact or event)
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Hungarian

4 entries

fültanú noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
szemtanú noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
tanú noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
tanúság noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Icelandic

1 entries

vottur noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Indonesian

1 entries

saksi noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Ingrian

2 entries

näkkiäsmees noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
näkkiäsmees noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Irish

4 entries

fianaise noun (attestation of a fact or event)
fianaise noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
fianaise noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
finné noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Italian

4 entries

prova noun (something that serves as evidence)
testimone noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
testimone noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
testimonianza noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Japanese

4 entries

目撃者 noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
目撃者 noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
証 noun (attestation of a fact or event)
証人 noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Javanese

1 entries

seksi noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

tistimunha noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Kazakh

3 entries

айғақ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
куә noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
куәгер noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Khmer

4 entries

កសិណសាក្សី noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
កសិណសាក្សី noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
សាក្សី noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
សាក្សី noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Korean

4 entries

목격자 noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
목격자 noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
증인 noun (attestation of a fact or event)
증인 noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

күбө noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Lao

4 entries

ພະຍານ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
ພະຍານ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
ສັກຂີ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
ສັກຂີ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Latin

3 entries

testimōnium noun (attestation of a fact or event)
testis noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
experior verb ((transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience)

Latvian

1 entries

liecinieks noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Lithuanian

1 entries

liudytojas noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Macedonian

2 entries

сведок noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
сведок noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Malay

1 entries

saksi noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Malayalam

1 entries

സാക്ഷി noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Marathi

1 entries

साक्षीदार noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Mongolian

2 entries

гэрч noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
гэрч noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Māori

4 entries

kaitaunaki noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
kaititiro noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
kaiwhakaatu noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
mataara verb ((transitive) to see or gain knowledge of through experience)

Norman

3 entries

têmoignage noun (attestation of a fact or event)
têmoin noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
têmoin noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

guwah noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
guwah noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
şahid noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
şahid noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

vitne noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
vitne noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

vitne noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
vitne noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

съвѣдѣтель noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Old English

3 entries

ġewita noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
ġewita noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
ġewitnes noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Old Norse

1 entries

váttr noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

شاهد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شاهد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
شاهدلك noun (attestation of a fact or event)
شهادت noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Pashto

4 entries

شاهد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شاهد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
ګواه noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
ګواه noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Persian

4 entries

شاهد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شاهد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
گواه noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
گواه noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Zeij noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Polish

3 entries

świadectwo noun (attestation of a fact or event)
świadek noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
świadek noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Portuguese

4 entries

prova noun (something that serves as evidence)
testemunha noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
testemunha noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
testemunho noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Romanian

4 entries

martor noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
martor noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
martoră noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
martoră noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Russian

4 entries

очеви́дец noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
очеви́дец noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
понята́я noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
понято́й noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Sardinian

3 entries

distimonzu noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
testimóngiu noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
tistimognu noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

fianais noun (attestation of a fact or event)
fianais noun (something that serves as evidence)
neach-fianais noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
neach-fianais noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

svedočánstvo noun (attestation of a fact or event)
svedòkinja noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
svedòkinja noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
svjedočánstvo noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Slovak

4 entries

svedectvo noun (attestation of a fact or event)
svedkyňa noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
svedkyňa noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
svedok noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Slovene

4 entries

dokaz noun (something that serves as evidence)
očividec noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
očividka noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
priča noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Spanish

4 entries

prueba noun (something that serves as evidence)
testigo noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
testigo noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
testigo noun (something that serves as evidence)

Swahili

3 entries

shahidi noun (attestation of a fact or event)
shahidi noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
shahidi noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Swedish

4 entries

vittne noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
vittne noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
vittnesmål noun (attestation of a fact or event)
bevittna verb ((transitive) to take as evidence)

Tajik

4 entries

гувоҳ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
гувоҳ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
шоҳид noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
шоҳид noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Tatar

2 entries

шаһит noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
шаһит noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Telugu

1 entries

సాక్షి noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Thai

4 entries

ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
พยาน noun (attestation of a fact or event)
พยาน noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
พยาน noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Tocharian B

1 entries

reme noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Turkish

4 entries

tanık noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
tanık noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
tanıklık noun (attestation of a fact or event)
şahit noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Turkmen

2 entries

şaýat noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
şaýat noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Ukrainian

4 entries

доказ noun (something that serves as evidence)
очеви́дець noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
очеви́дець noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
сві́док noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Urdu

4 entries

شاہد noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
شاہد noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
گواہ noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
گواہ noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Uyghur

2 entries

گۇۋاھچى noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
گۇۋاھچى noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Uzbek

4 entries

guvoh noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
guvoh noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)
shohid noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
shohid noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Venetan

1 entries

testimònio noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Vietnamese

3 entries

nhân chứng noun (attestation of a fact or event)
nhân chứng noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
nhân chứng noun (someone called to give evidence in a court)

Welsh

1 entries

tyst noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

West-Frisian

1 entries

tsjûge noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Yiddish

1 entries

עד noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)

Zazaki

2 entries

şahid noun (one who has a personal knowledge of something)
şehade noun (attestation of a fact or event)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.

Source: tatoeba (18136)

We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

Source: tatoeba (29100)

But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Source: tatoeba (32726)

Tom was a witness to the accident.

Source: tatoeba (37255)

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Witness

Synonyms for "witness" (216 found)

Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (64)

Related words (108)

Related word relations

More general

Synonyms

capable of

derived

derived from

has context

is a

manner of

related to

similar

Translations

Afrikaans

Aghwan

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Bactrian

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Cherokee

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Ewe

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Ingrian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kabuverdianu

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Marathi

Mongolian

Māori

Norman

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old East Slavic

Old English

Old Norse

Ottoman Turkish