eye witness
Firsthand account source
An eyewitness is someone who personally observes an event, especially a crime or accident: The eyewitness described the shooter to police.
Eyewitness testimony carries weight in courts, though research shows memory is less reliable than people assume.
As a verb, to eyewitness is to observe firsthand: She eyewitnessed the collapse of the building.
Also spelled as two words: eye witness.
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- observePerceive with attention
- eyewitnessOne who saw events
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- police lineupSuspect identification procedure
lineup identification · sketch artist · see · memory recall · perceive · truthfulness · verification · corroboration · watch · notice · sworn statement · validation · authentication · confirmation · direct evidence · cross examination · affidavit · unreliable
eye witnesshearsay
Unverified secondhand information
secondhand account · rumor · gossip · speculation · conjecture
eye witnessfalse witness
Untruthful sworn statement
perjurer · fabricator · liar · unreliable narrator · anonymous source
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