nnoun.personsomeone who sees an event and reports what happenedSynset:informant witnesser
Derivationally Related Form:witnessinform
Hypernyms:beholder observer perceiver percipient speaker talker utterer verbaliser verbalizer
Inherited Hypernyms:witnessperceiverpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:witnessperceiverpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:witnessspeakerarticulatorcommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:witnessspeakerarticulatorcommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:attestantattesterdeponentdeposertestifier
Full Hyponyms:attestertestifier
nnoun.persona close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)Synset:looker spectator viewer watcher
Examples:- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
Derivationally Related Form:viewwatchlookwitnessspectate
Hypernyms:beholder observer perceiver percipient
Inherited Hypernyms:spectatorperceiverpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:spectatorperceiverpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Peeping Tombrowserbystandercheerereyewitnessgawkerlooker-onmotion-picture fanmoviegoerogleronlookerpeeperplaygoerrubberneckrubberneckerspystarertheatergoertheatregoervoyeur
Full Hyponyms:browserbystandercheerereavesdroppereyewitnessfirst-nightergawkergroundlingmoviegoerogleronlookerplaygoerrubbernecksnoopspystarertailtappervoyeur
nnoun.communicationtestimony by word or deed to your religious faithHypernyms:testimony
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesstestimonyevidenceinformationmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:shahadah
nnoun.person(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signatureTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:attestant attestator attestor
Derivationally Related Form:witnessattest
Hypernyms:signatory signer
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesssignerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesssignerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.person(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of lawTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Derivationally Related Form:witness
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesspersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesspersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:adverse witnesscharacter witnessexpert witnesshostile witnesslay witnessmaterial witness
Full Hyponyms:adverse witnesscharacter witnessexpert witnesslay witnessmaterial witness
vverb.perceptionbe a witness toExamples:- She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
Derivationally Related Form:witnesswitnesser
Hypernyms:watch
Inherited Hypernyms:witnesswatch
Direct Hyponyms:eyewitness
Full Troponyms:eyewitness
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.perceptionperceive or be contemporaneous withSynset:find see
Examples:- We found Republicans winning the offices
- You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
- The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
- I want to see results
Derivationally Related Form:witnessfinder
Hypernyms:experience go through see
Inherited Hypernyms:witnessexperienceundergochange
Direct Hyponyms:catch
Full Troponyms:catch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE