witness: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with W · ends with S
Meaning of witness
noun
- uncountable
Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
Example: She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
- countable
One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
Example: As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
- countable
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
Example: The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
- countable
One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
Example: The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.
Listed forms: witnesses, witnesse.
Source: Wiktionary — witness.
verb
- transitive
To furnish proof of, to show.
Example: This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
- transitive
To take as evidence.
- transitive
To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
Example: He witnessed the accident.
- intransitive
To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
Listed forms: witnesses, witnessing, witnessed, witnesse.
Source: Wiktionary — witness.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for witness.
noun
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- witnesser
- informant
noun
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
noun
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- attestant
- attestor
- attestator
verb
perceive or be contemporaneous with
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is witness in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of witness
W(4) + I(1) + T(1) + N(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of witness
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from witness
93 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in witness. Showing up to 24, longest first.