Synonyms of claimants

claimants

noun

plural of claimant

as in heirs

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

• heirs
• successors
• representatives
• legatees
• beneficiaries
• inheritors
• heiresses
• descendants
• assignees
• succeeders
• grantees
• devisees
• heirs at law
• heirs apparent
• coheirs
• coheiresses
• scions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of claimants

In order to receive a payment, claimants must prove that 1) Equifax sent a credit report to a third party showing a duplication collection amount, or 2) the duplicate collection account was one of the reasons the claimant was denied credit. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Maryland changed the law, and claimants no longer receive that interest. — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026

That’s perhaps not much comfort to the Philippines and other rival claimants to the South China Sea who are on the receiving end of Chinese hard power — in a world where, increasingly, in both the physical and digital realms, might makes right. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Eligible claimants should have received a settlement notification via email or standard mail. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

On Wednesday, July 29, a follow-up hearing began to determine how much of ANL’s legal costs the claimants will be liable for. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

The settlement, which is conditioned on 95% of remaining claimants participating, covers some 69,000 cases consolidated in federal court in New Jersey and related cases in state court. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The challenge hinges on whether claimants were born Italians with unrecognized citizenship, as previous case law had ruled. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

But the new reforms could change all that for some claimants. — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 July 2026