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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accused |
| Synonyms: | appellant, litigant, offender, prisoner, suspect |
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person(s) involved in legal action |
| Synonyms: | actor, agent, cojuror, compurgator, confederate, contractor, defendant, litigant, partaker, participant, participator, plaintiff, plotter, sharer |
| Main Entry: | plaintiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuser |
| Synonyms: | complainant, litigant, prosecutor, suer |
| Notes: | a plaintiff is the party who brings an action in a court of law, while plaintive means expressive of sorrow or melancholy |
| Main Entry: | opposer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposition, oppositionist, oppugnant, player, resister, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oppositionist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppugnant, player, resister, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, anti*, aspirant, assailant, bandit*, bidder, candidate, challenger, competitor, con, contestant, counteragent, dark horse, disputant, dissentient, enemy, entrant, foe, litigant, match, opposer, opposition, oppositionist, oppugnant, player, rival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accused |
| Synonyms: | appellant, defendant, litigant, offender, prisoner, suspect |
| Notes: | a person with a divorce action brought against them is the respondent and an involved adulterer is the corespondent |
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| Concept: | Opponent. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party, opposition; enemy; assailant., oppositionist, obstructive; brawler, wrangler, brangler, disputant; filibuster [U.S.], obstructionist., malcontent; Jacobin, Fenian; demagogue, reactionist., rival, competitor.
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| Antonyms: | auxiliary |
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| Concept: | Party. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx; family, clan, [more]; team; tong., community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity; confraternity; familistere, familistery; brotherhood, sisterhood., knot, gang, clique, ring, circle; coterie, club, casino; machine; Tammany, Tammany Hall [U.S.]., corporation, corporate body, guild; establishment, company; copartnership, partnership; firm, house; joint concern, joint-stock company; cahoot, combine [U.S.], trust., society, association; institute, institution; union; trades union; league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination; Turnverein; league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive; coalition; federation; confederation, confederacy; junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue; freemasonry; party spirit (cooperation)., Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar; Ku Klux Klan, KKK; Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs, staff; dramatis personae.
-verbs
unite, join; club together (cooperate); cement a party, form a party; associate (assemble); enleague, federalize, go cahoots.
-adjectives
in league, in partnership, in alliance, in cahoots., bonded together, banded together, linked (joined) [more] together; embattled; confederated, federative, joint.
-adverbs
hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.
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