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| Main Entry: | witness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who observes an event |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, eyewitness, observer, onlooker, proof, signer, spectator, testimony, watcher, attestant, attestor, corroborator, deponent, gawker, looker-on, rubbernecker, signatory, testifier, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
| Main Entry: | witness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | observe |
| Synonyms: | attend, behold, mark, note, notice, perceive, pipe*, read, see, sight, spot, spy, take in, view, watch, be a witness, be on hand, be on the scene, be present, eyeball, flash on, get a load of, look on, pick up on |
| Antonyms: | participate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | testify; authenticate |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, argue, attest, bear out, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, depose, endorse, indicate, sign, stand for, subscribe, vouch for, be a witness, depone, give evidence, give testimony, say under oath |
| Antonyms: | deny, refute |
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, declare, guarantee, ice*, insist, maintain, nail down*, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, ratify, repeat, set, state, swear, testify, vouch, witness, avouch, cross heart, have a lock on, lock up, put on ice, rubber-stamp, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apostle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preacher; supporter |
| Synonyms: | advocate, champion, companion, evangelist, follower, herald, messenger, missionary, pioneer, propagandist, proponent, witness, converter, proselytizer |
| Main Entry: | attest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm, vouch for |
| Synonyms: | adjure, announce, argue, assert, authenticate, aver, bear out, bear witness, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, declare, demonstrate, display, exhibit, indicate, prove, ratify, seal, show, substantiate, support, sustain, swear, testify, uphold, verify, warrant, witness, asservate, give evidence |
| Antonyms: | deny |
| Main Entry: | behold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bystander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches |
| Synonyms: | eyewitness, kibitzer*, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher, witness, gaper, looker-on, passerby, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | certify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare as true |
| Synonyms: | accredit, approve, ascertain, assure, attest, authenticate, authorize, aver, avow, commission, confirm, corroborate, endorse, guarantee, license, notify, okay, profess, reassure, sanction, show, state, swear, testify, validate, verify, vouch, witness, rubber-stamp |
| Antonyms: | contradict, counteract, deny, disavow, discredit, invalidate, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | confirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratification, validation, proof |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accord, admission, affirmation, agreement, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, consent, endorsement, evidence, go ahead*, green light*, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, verification, verifying, witness, accepting, affirming, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorizing, corroborating, corroboration, sanctioning, stamp of approval, validating, visa |
| Antonyms: | annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
| Synonyms: | adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound*, junkie*, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, satellite, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot, catechumen, rooter, sectary, sectator |
| Antonyms: | god |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, clincher*, clue, confirmation, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, dope*, goods*, gospel, grounds, index, indication, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun*, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness, attestation, averment, cincher, corroboration, documentation, grabber, indicia, info |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, refutation, disproof, heresay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove |
| Synonyms: | attest, bespeak, betoken, confirm, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, display, evince, exhibit, expose, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, proclaim, reveal, show, signify, witness, ostend, testify to |
| Antonyms: | contradict, disprove, refute |
| Main Entry: | eyewitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sees an event occur |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher, witness, looker-on, passer-by, viewer |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, certify, confirm, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, mortgage, protect, prove, reassure, secure, stake, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness, be surety for, bind oneself, cosign, get behind*, give bond, grubstake, make bail, make certain, make sure, pick up the check, pick up the tab, sign for, stand behind*, stand up for* |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, display |
| Synonyms: | add up to, announce, argue, attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, card, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, evidence, evince, express, finger, hint, illustrate, imply, import, intimate, make, manifest, mark, mean, name, peg*, pinpoint*, point out, prove, read, record, register, reveal, show, sign, signal, slot, specify, suggest, symbolize, tab, tag, testify, witness, be symptomatic, button down, pin down, point to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, mislead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | memorial, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | column, commemoration, headstone, ledger, magnum opus, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, pillar, record, reminder, shrine, slab, statue, stone, tablet, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tower, tribute, witness, cairn, cenotaph, erection, footstone, gravestone, stele |
| Main Entry: | notarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | certify |
| Synonyms: | attest, authenticate, document, endorse, register, swear, validate, verify, witness, sign and seal |
| Main Entry: | notary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | notary public |
| Synonyms: | registrar, witness, certifier, commissioner for oaths, court clerk, endorser, public official, recorder, scrivener, signatory |
| Main Entry: | observer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spectator |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, eyewitness, onlooker, watcher, witness, gaper, gazer, looker, looker-on, viewer |
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