COMPLAINANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who brings an action in a court of law

Synonyms:

complainant; plaintiff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("complainant" is a kind of...):

litigant; litigator ((law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complainant"):

petitioner; suer (someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right)

Derivation:

complain (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge)