Synonyms of disputant

disputant

noun

di-ˈspyü-tᵊnt 

as in defendant

a person who takes part in a dispute

there were only three disputants in the argument, but they made enough noise for a dozen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defendant
• plaintiff
• debater
• disputer
• arguer
• fighter
• contestant
• advocate
• brawler
• scrapper
• challenger
• squabbler
• bickerer
• quarreler
• argufier
• pleader
• wrangler
• codefendant
• skirmisher
• quibbler
• contender
• nitpicker
• pettifogger
• fusser

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disputant

The Jay Treaty asked the disputants merely to start a process leading to the appointment of arbitrators qualified to decide their disputes fairly and finally. — Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025

The audience and actor are like disputants kept in different rooms, forbidden to see each other fully. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025

My disputant’s particular problem wasn’t with Carpenter’s voice but with its anodyne middle-of-the-road context (both musically and culturally). — Wesley Stace, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018

The debate over medicine today is like that baby, but with disputants who won’t fall for Solomon’s trick. — Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017

One way for other financial centres, such as Dubai and Singapore, to compete is by becoming hubs for arbitration—by agreeing to abide by the decision of a tribunal, disputants can bypass courts entirely. — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017