Synonyms for eyewitness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noun ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis; verb ahy-wit-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˈwɪt nɪs; verb ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs |
Définition of eyewitness
Origin :- 1530s, from eye (n.) + witness (n.). As a verb from 1844. Related: Eyewitnessed; eyewitnessing.
- noun person who sees an event occur
- General Hamley, an eyewitness, says "some four or five minutes."
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- His could only be the impressions of an eyewitness in an orbit limited to his Brigade.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- From beginning to end the scene was one which no eyewitness ever could forget.
- Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
- But at length I was eyewitness of an episode that explained the puzzle.
- Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
- There was a glorious crash coming, and for his part he meant to be an eyewitness.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
- "You shouldn't have said it," declared Louise, who had been an eyewitness of the encounter.
- Extract from : « Carl and the Cotton Gin » by Sara Ware Bassett
- That won't give you a 'scoop' if that's what you call it, but you'll be an eyewitness.
- Extract from : « The Delegate from Venus » by Henry Slesar
- Never mind; let us talk of cut and thrust, as though I were an eyewitness.
- Extract from : « Amphitryon » by Moliere
- The scene thus exhibited—was he then, or was he not, himself an eyewitness of it?
- Extract from : « Not Paul, But Jesus » by Jeremy Bentham
- I can also give you a description of the siege, having been an eyewitness of the same.
- Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
Antonyms for eyewitness
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