respondent

1. 1.

   the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

   Broadercodefendant
2. 2.

   someone who responds

   Synonymsresponderanswerer

   Broadercommunicator

   Narrowerassenterhedgerintervieweetestee

1. 1.

   replying

   “an answering glance”

   “an answering smile”

   Synonymsanswering

   Similarresponsive

Other forms of respondent

plural

respondents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about respondent

What does respondent mean?

respondent means "the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in respondent?

respondent has 3 syllables: re-spon-dent. The stress falls on "spon". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈspɑndənt/.

What is another word for respondent?

Close synonyms include responder, answerer, answering. 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 respondent a common word?

respondent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with respondent?

3 words rhyme with respondent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.