Meanings
nounrespondent (plural respondents)
plural respondents
- One who responds; one who replies.
- lawA defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings.
- A person replying to a questionnaire.
adjectiverespondent (comparative more respondent, superlative most respondent)
comparative more respondent · superlative most respondent
- Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
wealth […]respondent […]to payment and contributions
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivereplying
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian отгова́рящ, отве́тник
- отгова́рящ (otgovárjašt)one who responds; one who replies
- отве́тник (otvétnik)defendant
Chinese Mandarin 應答者 /应答者, 被申請人 /被申请人
- 應答者 /应答者 (yìngdá zhě)one who responds; one who replies
- 被申請人 /被申请人defendant
- 答辯人 /答辩人defendant
- 被告 (bèigào)defendant
- 受訪者 /受访者 (shòufǎngzhě)person replying to a questionnaire
- 應答的 /应答的 (yìngdá de)disposed or expected to respond
Czech dotázaný
- dotázanýperson replying to a questionnaire
Danish svarperson
- svarpersonperson replying to a questionnaire
Finnish vastaaja, vastaaja
- vastaajaone who responds; one who replies
- vastaajadefendant
- vastaajaperson replying to a questionnaire
- vastaavadisposed or expected to respond
Hindi प्रतिवादी, प्रतिवादी
- प्रतिवादी (prativādī)one who responds; one who replies
- प्रतिवादी (prativādī)defendant
Indonesian penanggap, penjawab
- penanggapone who responds; one who replies
- penjawabperson replying to a questionnaire
- respondenperson replying to a questionnaire
Italian rispondente, rispondente
- rispondenteone who responds; one who replies
- rispondenteperson replying to a questionnaire
Māori kaiwhakautu
- kaiwhakautuone who responds; one who replies
Polish pozwany, pozwana
- pozwanydefendant
- pozwanadefendant
- ankietowanyperson replying to a questionnaire
- ankietowanaperson replying to a questionnaire
- respondentperson replying to a questionnaire
- respondentkaperson replying to a questionnaire
Russian отвеча́ющий, отве́тчик
- отвеча́ющий (otvečájuščij)one who responds; one who replies
- отве́тчик (otvétčik)defendant
- отве́тчица (otvétčica)defendant
- респонде́нт (respondént)person replying to a questionnaire
- респонде́нтка (respondéntka)person replying to a questionnaire
Swedish svarande, svarande
- svarandedefendant
- svarandeperson replying to a questionnaire
Cite this entry
APA
respondent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondent
MLA
“respondent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respondent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respondent.
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