Defendant
Defendant /dɪˈfen.dənt/ (noun)
a person in a court of law who is accused of having committed a crime, the accused, accused party, perpetrator, offender, respondent, suspect, culprit:
There was a heated debate between the defendant and the plaintiff before the judge and the jury.
Antonyms
plaintiff
Parts of Speech
- Verb: defend
- Noun: defender
- Noun: defense
- Noun: defenselessness
- Adjective: defenseless
- Adjective: defensible
- Adjective: defensive
- Adverb: defenselessly
- Adverb: defensibly
- Adverb: defensively
