adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who responds; one who replies.
2. 2
   someone who responds wordnet
3. 3
   A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings.
4. 4
   the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent wordnet
5. 5
   A person replying to a questionnaire.

Adjective

1. 1
   Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

   "wealth […]respondent […]to payment and contributions"

Adjective

1. 1
   replying wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

answeringaccusedanswereranswereransweringantiphonal

Antonyms

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complainantopponent

Example

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"The first respondent failed to fill out the entire questionnaire."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.