COMPLAINANT Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

complainant

noun

kəm-ˈplā-nənt

as in plaintiff

the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another the complainant charged that the defendant had broken the ironclad contract that both had signed

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Recent Examples of complainant Of the 40 complainants that were initially part of this litigation, all but the prince and the lawmaker have settled. —

David Folkenflik, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025 The video had been sent to the FEI, equestrian’s international governing body, by a lawyer representing an anonymous complainant. —

George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024 Buzbee has filed several lawsuits in recent months — all have withheld their complainants’ names — accusing Combs of assault and rape. —

Chloe Melas, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024 The prosecution alleged that Blake-Walker had raped one woman at the encouragement of Frampton, who was then accused of twice raping a second complainant. —

Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for complainant