complainant

Noun

Meaning

One who commences a legal process by a complaint.

The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plaintiff inquirer informer carper party actor petitioner growler pursuer defendant attacker prosecutor kicker censor applicant
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Antonyms

defense defence defendant suspect counterpart defender
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Hypernyms

litigator litigant

Hyponyms

petitioner suer

Phrases with the word

complainant party

Examples

When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured. Rumi

The prosecutors say that Mr. Strauss-Kahn "forced" the complainant to have oral and other sex with him. How? Did he have a gun? Did he have a knife? He's a short fat old man. Ben Stein

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility. Jimmy Breslin

A complainant in the 2000 block of Skokie Valley Road provided a delayed report on May 22 of the theft of health and beauty products valued at $1,917 by three unidentified suspects. Source: Internet

According to the complainant, when he visited his property on August 5, he saw bricks and sand placed at the periphery of his plot and later got to know that Mr. Batra had claimed himself to be the buyer of said plot. Source: Internet

According to Constable Jacob Nhlongo, spokesperson for the Rabie Ridge Police Station, the complainant alleged that he was busy inside his shop around 3pm when five men entered his shop pretending to be customers. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

complain queen complain vociferously about complainable complainant party complainaunt complained about