corroborator
One who validates
A corroborator is someone or something that confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding.
In legal contexts, a corroborator provides evidence backing up another witness's testimony: The prosecution needed a corroborator for the victim's account.
The term appears most often in formal or technical settings.
Financial supporter
- allySupportive partner
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- endorserOne who publicly approves
- upholderOne who maintains something
defender · vindicator · champion · voucher · seconder · accomplice · collaborator · partner
One who saw events
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- testifierOne who gives evidence
- attestorOne who certifies authenticity
- observerOne who perceives events
bystander · onlooker · spectator · informant · deponent · secondhand · firsthand · account
One who attests
- deponentOne who testifies formally
- affiantSworn document signer
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- swornBound by formal promise
court · trial · defendant · prosecutor · defense · judge · cross-examination · subpoena
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- substantiationProof of truth
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
exhibit · affidavit · deposition · supporting · incriminating · exculpatory · alibi · fact
backer
Financial supporter
upholder · defender · vindicator · champion · voucher · seconder · accomplice · collaborator · partner · associate
eyewitness
One who saw events
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- testifierOne who gives evidence
- attestorOne who certifies authenticity
observer · bystander · onlooker · spectator · informant · deponent · secondhand · firsthand · account · statement
witness
One who attests
sworn · court · trial · defendant · prosecutor · defense · judge · cross-examination · subpoena · perjury
proof
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- substantiationProof of truth
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
forensic · exhibit · affidavit · deposition · supporting · incriminating · exculpatory · alibi · fact · record
corroboratorrefuter
One who disproves claims
denier · challenger · gainsayer · debunker · naysayer
corroboratorimpeacher
One who charges misconduct
accuser · hostile witness · prosecution witness · plaintiff · complainant
corroboratorhostile witness
Testifier favoring opposing party
detractor · underminer · skeptic · doubter · critic
- corroborating evidenceProof that supports other proof
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