Synonyms of eyewitnesses

eyewitnesses

noun

plural of eyewitness

as in witnesses

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

• witnesses
• observers
• bystanders
• spectators
• onlookers
• viewers
• spies
• watchers
• voyeurs
• peepers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eyewitnesses

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

According to the Center for Justice and Accountability, jurors heard from the Urán daughters, eyewitnesses, experts and Plazas Vega himself. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

After the dust cleared, the Patriots fan was in handcuffs and eyewitnesses were alleging that this was all over the Pats fan trying to sit in the wrong seat. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

The details remain unproveable, and reports of the event vary, even from the few eyewitnesses, but the legend has remained. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

The people in the video matched the descriptions eyewitnesses to the shooting, many of whom were school students, gave to Louisville police, Skaggs said. — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026

There were no eyewitnesses to the violence, and no camera footage. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Tooson said that there are no eyewitnesses to the shooting and that Porter’s death was not captured on video. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Most eyewitnesses are no longer alive The story of the drive-by shooting has long gripped the hip-hop community, partly because no one was charged until Davis was indicted in 2023. — Jessica Hill, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026