complainants
People filing grievances
Complainants are people who file formal complaints, typically in legal or administrative contexts.
A complainant brings a grievance before a court, tribunal, or regulatory body: The complainants alleged discrimination in hiring practices.
The term is more formal than "accuser" and appears frequently in legal documents and official proceedings.
Those initiating lawsuits
- litigantsParties in a lawsuit
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- petitionersThose making formal requests
- accusersThose who blame others
filers · appellants · injured parties · grievants · victims · witnesses · deponents · respondents
Feeling unjustly wronged
- wrongedTreated with injustice
- dissatisfiedUnhappy with results
- disgruntledSullenly dissatisfied
- unhappyExperiencing sorrow or displeasure
resentful · indignant · offended · frustrated · mistreated · harmed · injured · damaged
Storing documents systematically
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- chargeCost or accusation
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
petition · lawsuit · action · case · dispute · hearing · testimony · evidence
Curative treatment or fix
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- damagesCompensation for injury
- compensationPayment for services rendered
restitution · settlement · judgment · award · injunction · relief · resolution · vindication
plaintiffs
Those initiating lawsuits
- litigantsParties in a lawsuit
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- petitionersThose making formal requests
accusers · filers · appellants · injured parties · grievants · victims · witnesses · deponents · respondents · class members
aggrieved
Feeling unjustly wronged
- wrongedTreated with injustice
- dissatisfiedUnhappy with results
- disgruntledSullenly dissatisfied
unhappy · resentful · indignant · offended · frustrated · mistreated · harmed · injured · damaged · victimized
filing
Storing documents systematically
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- chargeCost or accusation
claim · petition · lawsuit · action · case · dispute · hearing · testimony · evidence · documentation
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- damagesCompensation for injury
compensation · restitution · settlement · judgment · award · injunction · relief · resolution · vindication · justice
- litigation partiesparties, plaintiffs, defendants, litigants, petitioners
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- requestersrequester, asker, askers, seeker, seekers
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
complainantsdefendants
Those facing prosecution
respondents · accused · appellees · offenders · perpetrators