Plaintiff

Noun

 * 1)  A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

Synonyms

 * complainant, litigant

Antonyms

 * defendant, suspect

Hypernyms

 * litigant, litigator

Hyponyms

 * suer, petitioner

Related terms

 * plaintive

Verbs for Plaintiff
allot—; award to—; vest in—; —accuses; —alleges; —appeals; '—asserts; —blames; —brands; —challenges; —charges; —contends; —claims; —demands; —denounces; ——exacts; —implicates; —imputes; —lodges; —prevails;—reproaches; —waives.

Adverbs for Plaintiff
deeply; querulously; tearfully; whiningly; mutteringly; sorrowfully; exasperatingly; sadly; pitifully; endlessly; exceedingly; lamentably; superfluously; unduly; monotonously; obscurely.

Thesaurus
accessory, accusant, accuser, allegator, appellant, bitter-ender, brawler, claimant, complainant, defendant, delator, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informer, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, libelant, litigant, litigationist, litigator, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, petitioner, prosecutor, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, suitor, the prosecution, witness, wrangler

Etymology
< plaintif: <  plaintif: from the verb plaindre:. See plaintive.

Translations

 * Arabic: مدع,  المدعي
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: eiser,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , plaignante
 * German:
 * Hebrew: המבקש (ha'mevakesh)


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: demandator
 * Japanese: 原告 (げんこく genkoku)
 * Polish: powód, powódka
 * Portuguese: querelante ; acusação; promotoria
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ;.
 * Vietnamese: nguyên cáo