claimers
People making assertions
Claimers are people who claim something—asserting ownership, rights, or truth.
In horse racing, a claimer is a horse entered in a claiming race, where any horse can be purchased for a set price before the race: He started with claimers before moving up to stakes horses.
The term often suggests lower-tier competition.
Those who state openly
- proclaimersThose who declare publicly
- contendersThose seeking to win
- affirmersThose who assert positively
- avoidersThose who evade
petitioners · complainants · plaintiffs · litigants · applicants · filers · requesters · demanders
Those seeking to win
- rivalsThose who compete
- challengersThose who compete against
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
- aspirantsThose seeking advancement
candidates · hopefuls · bidders · seekers · pursuers · vying · frontrunners · underdogs
Those who receive advantages
- heirsThose who inherit
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- recipientsThose who receive
- inheritorsThose who receive legacies
successors · legatees · assignees · dependents · pensioners · welfare · policyholders · insureds
Holders of real property
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- minersOre extractors
- settlersThose who establish homes
stakers · squatters · titleholders · deed · territory · goldminers · panhandlers · stakeholders
declarers
Those who state openly
- proclaimersThose who declare publicly
- contendersThose seeking to win
- affirmersThose who assert positively
avoiders · petitioners · complainants · plaintiffs · litigants · applicants · filers · requesters · demanders · maintainers
contenders
Those seeking to win
- rivalsThose who compete
- challengersThose who compete against
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
aspirants · candidates · hopefuls · bidders · seekers · pursuers · vying · frontrunners · underdogs · qualifiers
beneficiaries
Those who receive advantages
- heirsThose who inherit
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- recipientsThose who receive
inheritors · successors · legatees · assignees · dependents · pensioners · welfare · policyholders · insureds · titleholders
landowners
Holders of real property
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- minersOre extractors
settlers · stakers · squatters · titleholders · deed · territory · goldminers · panhandlers · stakeholders · registrants
claimersdeniers
Those who reject claims
rejecters · refuters · disputants · disclaimers · negators
claimerssurrenderers
Those who give up
abandoners · yielders · givers · donors · renouncer
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