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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: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group observing an entertainment or sporting event |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, following, gallery, gathering, house, market, public, turnout, admirers, devotees, fans, hearers, listeners, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, viewers, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | attendance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | people present at event |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, audience, box office, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, public, turnout, observers, onlookers, patrons, spectators, witnesses |
| 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: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, reason, show, suggest, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness, prevail upon, talk into |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| 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: | confirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ratify, validate, prove |
| Synonyms: | affirm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, bear out, bless, buy, certify, check, check out, corroborate, debunk, endorse, establish, explain, justify, okay, sanction, settle, sign, subscribe, substantiate, support, thumbs up*, uphold, verify, vouch, warrant, witness, circumstantiate, double-check, give green light, give high sign, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the nod, lap up, make good, make sure, rubber-stamp, sign off on, size up, underpin |
| Notes: | corroborate is used in a narrower context, usually by way of providing support for testimony in a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend support to a much wider array of things |
| Antonyms: | annul, cancel, contradict, destroy, disprove, invalidate, oppose, veto, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, study, survey, view, witness, pore over, stare at |
| Antonyms: | disregard, scorn, look away |
| 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: | endorse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support, authorize |
| Synonyms: | accredit, advocate, affirm, approve, attest, authenticate, back, back up*, bless, boost, certify, champion, commend, confirm, countenance, defend, favor, give a boost to, give green light, give one's word, give the go-ahead, give the nod, go along with, go to bat for*, go with, guarantee, lend one's name to, okay, praise, push, ratify, recommend, rubber-stamp, sanction, second, stand behind, stand up for*, stump for, subscribe to, sustain, underwrite, uphold, vouch for, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | censure, disapprove, oppose, protest, reject, repel, unauthorize |
* = 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 |
| 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 |
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