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

About 2% of the offers have been declined, while more than 4,450 claimants have been paid, totaling about $625 million. — Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Though the complaint alleged that Full Sail University was part of the fraud, the judge found that the claimants had failed to offer any details pertaining to that school. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Her firm, Smart Law, represents the majority of Hanford workers’ compensation claimants, including Rouse and Kersey. — Lizz Giordano, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

But critics of the system argue that the rise in disability and incapacity claimants owes more to broadening definitions of disability – and especially to an increase in people claiming benefits for mental health conditions. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Get all communication in writing, said Burg, who advises claimants to talk to insurance adjusters via email or letter, not over the phone. — Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 29 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

Only about a third resulted in discretionary payments, totaling less than 4% of what claimants had sought. — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

In 2000, when a small tanker carrying no liability insurance and no class certificate sank off Abu Dhabi, the Funds paid claimants in the United Arab Emirates anyway. — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026