Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Italic*kaussā
- Old Latincaussa
- Latincausa
- Latinaccūsō
- Latinaccūsātor
- Old Frenchaccusour
- Middle Englishacuser
- Englishaccuser
Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κατήγορος
- κατήγορος (katḗgoros)one who accuses
Arabic مُتَّهِم
- مُتَّهِم (muttahim)one who accuses
Bulgarian обвини́тел, обвини́телка
- обвини́тел (obvinítel)one who accuses
- обвини́телка (obvinítelka)one who accuses
Catalan acusador, acusadora
- acusadorone who accuses
- acusadoraone who accuses
Chinese Mandarin 原告, 起訴人 /起诉人
- 原告 (yuángào)one who accuses
- 起訴人 /起诉人 (qǐsùrén)one who accuses
Czech žalobce, žalobkyně
- žalobceone who accuses
- žalobkyněone who accuses
Danish anklager
- anklagerone who accuses
Dutch aanklager, beschuldiger
- aanklagerone who accuses
- beschuldigerone who accuses
Esperanto akuzanto, akuzantino
- akuzantoone who accuses
- akuzantinoone who accuses
Estonian süüdistaja
- süüdistajaone who accuses
Finnish syyttäjä
- syyttäjäone who accuses
French accusateur, accusatrice
- accusateurone who accuses
- accusatriceone who accuses
German Ankläger, Ankläger
- Anklägerone who accuses
- Anklägerone who accuses
Greek κατήγορος
- κατήγορος (katígoros)one who accuses
Hindi अभियोक्ता
- अभियोक्ता (abhiyoktā)one who accuses
Hungarian vádló
- vádlóone who accuses
Indonesian penuduh
- penuduhone who accuses
Italian accusatore, accusatrice
- accusatoreone who accuses
- accusatriceone who accuses
Japanese 告発者, 原告
- 告発者 (kokuhatsusha)one who accuses
- 原告 (genkoku)one who accuses
- 告訴人 (kokusonin)one who accuses
Korean 고소인, 비난자
- 고소인 (gosoin)one who accuses
- 비난자 (binanja)one who accuses
- 원고 (won'go)one who accuses
Latin accūsātor, accūsātrīx
- accūsātorone who accuses
- accūsātrīxone who accuses
- crīminātorone who accuses
- crīminātrīxone who accuses
Māori kaiwhakapae
- kaiwhakapaeone who accuses
Norwegian Bokmål anklager
- anklagerone who accuses
Persian متهم
- متهم (mottahem)one who accuses
Polish oskarżyciel, oskarżycielka
- oskarżycielone who accuses
- oskarżycielkaone who accuses
Portuguese acusador, acusadora
- acusadorone who accuses
- acusadoraone who accuses
Romanian acuzator
- acuzatorone who accuses
Russian обвини́тель, обвини́тельница
- обвини́тель (obvinítelʹ)one who accuses
- обвини́тельница (obvinítelʹnica)one who accuses
Slovak žalobca, žalobkyňa
- žalobcaone who accuses
- žalobkyňaone who accuses
Spanish acusador, acusadora
- acusadorone who accuses
- acusadoraone who accuses
- acusicaone who accuses
- acusiqueone who accuses
- acuseteone who accuses
- acusetaone who accuses
- acusetasone who accuses
- acusónone who accuses
Swahili mshtaki
- mshtakione who accuses
Swedish anklagare
- anklagareone who accuses
Ukrainian обвинува́ч, обвинува́чка
- обвинува́ч (obvynuváč)one who accuses
- обвинува́чка (obvynuváčka)one who accuses
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Cite this entry
APA
accuser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accuser
MLA
“accuser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accuser. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accuser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accuser.
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