Synonyms of complainant

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plaintiff
• accuser
• appellant
• petitioner
• suer
• litigant
• suitor
• pleader
• party

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defendant
• accused

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of complainant

The new complaints are the latest in a wave of lawsuits filed against Combs in recent months — all with the complainants withholding their names — accusing him of assault and rape under similar circumstances going back to the 1990s. —Chloe Melas, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024

Apple requested pausing the investigation because the company alleges that the main complainant had not complied with the CCI’s order to destroy past investigation reports. —Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024

Being a citizen complainant profoundly, irreversibly transforms your relationship to the city at street level. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024

The complainant intervened to protect the children, at which time Young fled and ultimately encountered the girl (also in middle school) walking to the stop in the area of Church Street, according to the sheriff’s office. —Brian Bell, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024