Exact Match:
- defendant
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Synonyms:
- accessory,
- accused,
- bitter-ender,
- brawler,
- correspondent,
- diehard,
- disputant,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- intransigent,
- irreconcilable,
- last-ditcher,
- libelee,
- litigant,
- litigationist,
- litigator,
- naysayer,
- negativist,
- noncooperator,
- objector,
- obstructionist,
- obstructive,
- opposer,
- oppositionist,
- panel,
- parties litigant,
- party,
- plaintiff,
- prisoner,
- protester,
- quarreler,
- resister,
- respondent,
- scrapper,
- suitor,
- suspect,
- witness,
- wrangler