Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "witness" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

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 Terms

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 in witness whereof material witness may God be my witness pro-Witness star witness turncoat witness witness box witness cam witness camera witness mark witness protection witness stand witness tampering witness-consciousness zealous witness

Derived From

wit

Context

construed with to or for law

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Type Of (IsA)

perceiver person signer speaker testimony

Manner Of

experience watch

Related Terms

action attestation authenticity court crime crime information event everything evidence execution fact furnish information jehovah's witness knowledge lawyer lawyer room legal legal court observer person personal preach proof religious room saw saw everything saw something see sees show sign speaker subscribe testimony trial trial speaker who who sees

Similar Terms

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

Synonym Network

certify evidence spectator testify

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.