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

And since January, nearly 900 asylum claimants have been sent back to the US after being deemed ineligible under the Safe Third Country Agreement between the two nations, Cameron said. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

The judge has not enforced a cap on the total costs Harry and the other claimants may face. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

The seven claimants, also including Liz Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, must make the payment by August 28. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Along with the other claimants, he’s expected to have to pay a hefty sum, which will be decided at a hearing on a later date. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Eventually, the new approach enabled Universal Credit to be rolled out to more than eight million claimants and to keep functioning even amid the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026

Eligible claimants should have received a settlement notification via email or postcard between August and September 2022. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

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