co-defendant

1. 1.

   a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action

   Synonymscodefendant

   Broaderdefendant

   Narrowercorespondentrespondent

Questions about co-defendant

What does co-defendant mean?

co-defendant means "a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action".

How many syllables are in co-defendant?

co-defendant has 4 syllables: co--de-fen-dant. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for co-defendant?

Close synonyms include codefendant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is co-defendant a common word?

co-defendant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.