plaintiff

Meaning

A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

Opposite of

defendant

Synonyms

complainant

accuser

prosecutor

claimant

suitor

suer

litigant

demandant

party

🥳

persecutor

petitioner

porter

pursuer

redcap

sufferer

toter

victim

accused

incriminator

bearer

carrier

challenger

defendant

demander

dissatisfied

objector

Translations

Kläger

plaignant

demandante

querelante

querellante

aanklager

demandeur

eiser

Ankläger

Klägerin

ενάγων

attore

plaignante

queixoso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpleɪntɪf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: plaintif

In summary

From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.