All defendant synonyms
de·fend·ant
D d noun defendant
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- appellant — An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime.
- perpetrator — a person who perpetrates, or commits, an illegal, criminal, or evil act: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- culprit — When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
- accused — You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it.