witness

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of WITNESS

to declare (something) to be true or genuine <a notary public witnessing wills and other important documents>

Synonyms attest, authenticate, avouch, testify (to), vouch (for), witness

Related Words guarantee, warrant; affirm, assert, aver, avow, profess, vow

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes <witnessed the crime>

Synonyms behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spot, spy, view, witness

Related Words identify, make out, pick out, pick up; attend (to), consider, heed, mark, mind; study, watch; examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, survey; glance (at), glimpse, peer (at)

Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over; miss, overlook

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact <I witnessed to the fact that I had seen them together that night>

Synonyms attest, depose, swear, witness

Related Words verify; vouch; promise, vow

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <war changes anyone who has ever witnessed it first hand>

Synonyms endure, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness

Related Words encounter, meet; accept, receive; assimilate, digest

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