Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of claimant Eligible claimants could get up to $102 from the settlement, but the deadline to file is June 9. —

Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 June 2026 The buyer tried, per the complaint, to reach an agreement with all potential claimants, but withdrew their bid when that attempt failed. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026 Adjusters are hired by claimants who want representation while dealing with insurance companies. —

Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 June 2026 One metric tracks the number of improper payments states handed out to claimants. —

Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for claimant

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heir

Noun

Lander has argued Goldman, the multimillionaire heir to the Levi jeans fortune, embodies establishment, corporate interests that corrupt the Democratic Party.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Scholars largely agree that one wealthy Delft couple, the brewing heir Pieter Claesz van Ruijven and his wife, Maria de Knuijt, were his primary patrons.

— Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026