Phrase guide

Jehovah's Witness

noun · 3 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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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz witnəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.vəz witnəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: JW, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, Witness, Jehovah, Jehovian, Jehovist, Jehovie, Bible Students, International Bible Students, Jovie

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Jehovah's Witness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Protestant

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Jehova se Getuie — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Akan: Yehowa Danseni — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Amharic: የይሖዋ ምስክሮች (yäyḥowa məskəroč) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Arabic: شاهد يهوه (šāhid yahwa) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Armenian: Եհովայի վկա (Ehovayi vka) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Catalan: testimoni de Jehovà — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Chinese Cantonese: 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人 (je4 wo4 waa4 gin3 zing3 jan4) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人 (Yēhéhuá jiànzhèngrén) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Czech: svědek Jehovův — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Danish: Jehovas vidne — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Dutch: Jehova's Getuige — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Dutch: Getuige — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Esperanto: atestanto de Jehovo — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Estonian: Jehoova tunnistaja — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Finnish: Jehovan todistaja — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • French: témoin de Jéhovah — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • German: Zeuge Jehovas — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • German: Zeugin Jehovas — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Greek: Μάρτυρας του Ιεχωβά (Mártyras tou Iechová) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Greek: ιεχωβάς (iechovás) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Greek: ιεχωβίτισσα (iechovítissa) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Hindi: यहोवा के साक्षी (yahovā ke sākṣī) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Icelandic: vottur Jehóva — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Indonesian: Saksi Yehuwa — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Irish: Finné Iáivé — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Italian: Testimone di Geova — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Japanese: エホバの証人 (Ehoba no shōnin) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Kazakh: Ехоба куәгерлері (Exoba kuägerlerı) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Korean: 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui jeung'in) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Latin: Testis Jehovah — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Latvian: Jehovas liecinieks — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Macedonian: Јеховин сведок (Jehovin svedok) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Maltese: xhud ta’ Ġeħova — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Norwegian: Jehovas vitne — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Papiamentu: Testigu di Yehova — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Polish: jehowy — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Polish: świadek Jehowy — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Portuguese: testemunha de Jeová — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Romanian: martor al lui Iehova — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Russian: свиде́тель Иего́вы (svidételʹ Ijegóvy) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Russian: иегови́ст (ijegovíst) — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Northern Sami: Jehova duođašteaddji — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Northern Sami: Jehova vihtan — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jehovin svjedok — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Slovene: Jehovova priča — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Slovene: Jehovec — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Slovene: Jehovka — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Spanish: testigo de Jehová — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Swedish: Jehovas vittne — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Swedish: Jehovas — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Tagalog: Saksi — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Vietnamese: Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Vietnamese: Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Yucatec Maya: j-jaajkunaj Jéeoba — member of the Jehovah's Witnesses