PLAINTIFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who brings an action in a court of law

Synonyms:

complainant; plaintiff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("plaintiff" 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 "plaintiff"):

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

Antonym:

defendant (a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused)