All claimant synonyms
claim·ant
C c noun claimant
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
- pretender — a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
- petitioner — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- appellant — An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime.
- supplicant — supplicating.
- suitor — a man who courts or woos a woman.
- claimer — a person who makes a claim; claimant