claimant

Noun

Meaning

One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inquirer finder party pretender petitioner aspirant pursuer possibility candidate heir competitor runner plaintiff contestant prosecutor
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Antonyms

guardian pal friend answer defendant companion
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Hypernyms

applicant applier

Hyponyms

pretender

Phrases with the word

civil claimant figurehead claimant cosmetic claimant decoy claimant heiress claimant

Anagrams

calamint

Examples

He signed himself prince of this, lord of that, baron of the other thing and claimant to the dukedom of something else. Murray Leinster

[.. that he] would not touch the painting, nor finish it unless the claimant pays him the balance due or guarantees it by giving a security. Rembrandt

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion. Frank Herbert

In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong, in the midst of right, As mariners die of thirst in the midst of water. Charles Caleb Colton

claimants of unemployment compensation Source: Internet

he was a claimant to the throne Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

claimability claimable claimancy claime claimed unduly claimee