Synonyms of the word

defendant

• n. (law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to…
• n. (law) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
• adj. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

litigant

• n. (law) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine…
• adj. Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit.

litigator

• n. A person employed to litigate, a lawyer skilled in arguing in court.

suspect

• v. (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
• v. (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
• v. (intransitive) To have suspicion.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.
• n. A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
• adj. Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
• adj. (nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.