Synonyms of claimant

claimant

noun

as in heir

formal a person who believes that he or she has a right to something (such as an amount of money); a person who claims something

They are claimants to their father's estate.

Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.

a dispute between two claimants to the throne

Related Words

• heir
• successor
• representative
• legatee
• heir apparent
• heiress
• beneficiary
• inheritor
• assignee
• devisee
• grantee
• heir at law
• descendant
• succeeder
• coheir
• coheiress
• scion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of claimant

Right now, there’s an employee who will be your organization’s highest-cost claimant in three years. — Neepa Patel, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Previously, individual payouts were capped at $51 per claimant. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

But half of the claimants dropped their suit, and Levi maintained that they were being threatened or paid off. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Under the general rule in the current version of the statute, a negligence claimant found more than 50% at fault for their own harm may be barred from recovering damages, while a lower percentage reduces recoverable damages proportionally. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026