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eyewitness

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a spectator who can describe what happened

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker

4

verb

Meaning 4

be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: witness

History

Etymology

From eye + witness.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ooggetuie — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Albanian: dëshmitar okular — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Arabic: شاهد عيان — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Armenian: ականատես (akanates) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Armenian: վկա (vka) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Azerbaijani: şahid — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Bashkir: шаһит (şahit) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Belarusian: відавочца (vidavóčca) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Bulgarian: очевидец (očevidec) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Catalan: testimoni ocular — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 目擊者 /目击者 (mùjīzhě) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 目擊證人 /目击证人 (mùjī zhèngrén) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Czech: očitý svědek — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Danish: øjenvidne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Dutch: ooggetuige — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Finnish: silminnäkijä — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Finnish: silminnäkijätodistaja — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • French: témoin oculaire — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Georgian: თვითმხილველის (tvitmxilvelis) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • German: Augenzeuge — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • German: Augenzeugin — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Greek: αυτόπτης μάρτυρας (aftóptis mártyras) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Ancient Greek: αὐτόπτης (autóptēs) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Hebrew: עד ראיה ('ad raiah) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Hindi: साक्षी (sākṣī) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Hindi: प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Hindi: गवाह (gavāh) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Hungarian: szemtanú — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Indonesian: saksi mata — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Italian: testimone oculare — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Japanese: 目撃者 — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Japanese: 実見者 — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Kazakh: көз көрген (köz körgen) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Kazakh: куә (kuä) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Korean: 목격자 (mokgyeokja) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Latin: arbiter — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Latin: arbitra — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Latvian: aculiecinieks — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Lithuanian: liùdininkas — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Luxembourgish: Aenzeien — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Macedonian: оче́видец (očévidec) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Malayalam: ദൃക്സാക്ഷി (dr̥ksākṣi) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Mongolian: гэрч (gerč) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyenvitne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyevitne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augevitne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augnevitne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Persian: شاهد عینی — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Polish: naoczny świadek — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Portuguese: testemunha ocular — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Romanian: martor ocular — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Russian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Russian: свиде́тель (svidételʹ) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Serbo-Croatian: očevidac — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Spanish: testigo ocular — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Swedish: ögonvittne — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Tajik: шоҳид (šohid) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Thai: ประจักษ์พยาน (bprà-jàk-pá-yaan) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Thai: สักขีพยาน (sàk-kǐi-pá-yaan) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Turkish: görgü tanığı — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاهد عین (şâhid-i ʼayn) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Ukrainian: очеви́дець m самови́дець (očevýdecʹ) — person who has seen and can testify about an event
  • Uzbek: guvoh — person who has seen and can testify about an event
Real reading context

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