defendants

Meaning of defendants

plural noun
  1. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
    the defendant tried to claim that it was self-defence

Information about defendants

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of defendants is: defendant.
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Hyphenation of defendants

de-fen-dants

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • defendants is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

defendants synonyms

Meaning a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime:

accused

Meaning a person who applies to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court:

appellant

Meaning a person involved in a lawsuit:

litigant

Meaning a party against whom a petition is filed, especially one in an appeal or a divorce case:

respondent

Meaning a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence:

suspect

defendants antonyms

Meaning a person who brings a case against another in a court of law:

plaintiff

Words that rhyme with defendants

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