respondent

respondent is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
2. noun. One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
3. noun. One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.
4. noun. One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
5. noun. someone who responds

   Synonyms: answerer, responder

6. noun. the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
7. adjective. replying

   "an answering glance"

   "an answering smile"

   Synonyms: answering

Synonyms

answerer, responder, answering

Common word forms

respondents

Words from these letters

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