Synonyms of eyewitness

eyewitness

noun

as in witness

a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it

The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.

Related Words

• witness
• observer
• spectator
• bystander
• onlooker
• viewer
• watcher
• spy
• voyeur
• peeper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eyewitness

With no eyewitness or traces of blood connecting her to the crime, the prosecution’s case relied solely on circumstantial evidence. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Video and eyewitness accounts indicated that Urán had left the burning building alive and injured, escorted by soldiers. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

The whale was seen traveling through the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday and later in a delta in the Sacramento River near the Rio Vista Bridge on Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile decades of research shows that memories can easily be warped each time they’re recalled—a truth that suggests eyewitness accounts should be taken with enormous grains of salt. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026