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Witness

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Verb group 10

Find 84% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Find 84% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hear 84% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Hear 84% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Broader term 16

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Beholder 76% connected

One who beholds; a spectator.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Observer 76% connected

One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomic…

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Perceiver 76% connected

One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).

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Percipient 76% connected

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Signatory 76% connected

Relating to a seal; used in sealing.

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Signer 76% connected

One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.

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Speaker 76% connected

One who speaks.

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Talker 76% connected

One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

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Testimony 76% connected

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

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Utterer 76% connected

One who utters.

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 13

Attester 76% connected

Alt. of Attestor

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Browser 76% connected

An animal that browses.

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Bystander 76% connected

One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.

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Cheerer 76% connected

One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens.

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Deponent 76% connected

One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

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Deposer 76% connected

One who deposes or degrades from office.

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Eyewitness 76% connected

One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

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Ogler 76% connected

One who ogles.

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Peeper 76% connected

A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.

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Playgoer 76% connected

One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

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Spy 76% connected

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

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Starer 76% connected

One who stares, or gazes.

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Testifier 76% connected

One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.

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Manner of action 2

Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Eyewitness 76% connected

One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

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Derivationally related 10

Discoverer 74% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Discoverer 74% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Inform 74% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Inform 74% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Informant 74% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Informant 74% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Testify 74% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

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Testify 74% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

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Witnesser 74% connected

One who witness.

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Witnesser 74% connected

One who witness.

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Synonym 9

Attestor 92% connected

One who attests.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Find 92% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Informant 92% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Looker 92% connected

One who looks.

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See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Spectator 92% connected

One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

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Viewer 92% connected

One who views or examines.

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Watcher 92% connected

One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

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Witnesser 92% connected

One who witness.

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