respondent
One who replies
A respondent is someone who responds—typically to a survey, questionnaire, or legal proceeding.
In research contexts, respondents are the people who answer questions: Sixty percent of respondents favored the proposal.
In law, the respondent is the party who answers a petition or appeal, the counterpart to the petitioner: The respondent filed a motion to dismiss.
Party facing charges
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- appellantOne who appeals
- petitionerOne who formally requests
accused · witness · party · claimant · counsel · testimony · cross-examination · deposition
Formal inquiry form
demographics · anonymous · census · polling · attitudes · opinions · population · longitudinal
Matter under discussion
- participantOne who takes part
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- enrolleeOne officially signed up
- studyDeliberate learning effort
experiment · trial · debriefing · protocol · recruitment · interview · qualitative · quantitative
Solution to query
- rejoinderReply to a reply
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- counterFlat service surface
reaction · feedback · acknowledgment · comeback · riposte · clarification · denial · confirmation
defendant
Party facing charges
petitioner · accused · witness · party · claimant · counsel · testimony · cross-examination · deposition · affidavit
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
feedback · demographics · anonymous · census · polling · attitudes · opinions · population · longitudinal · cross-sectional
subject
Matter under discussion
- participantOne who takes part
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- enrolleeOne officially signed up
study · experiment · trial · debriefing · protocol · recruitment · interview · qualitative · quantitative · focus-group
answer
Solution to query
counter · reaction · feedback · acknowledgment · comeback · riposte · clarification · denial · confirmation · affirmation
- census datapopulation census, national census, census forms, census form, census report
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- participantsparticipant, entrant, applicant, enrollee, attendee
- Q&Aquestion, answer, questions, answers, query
- surveyspoll, polls, survey, surveys, questionnaire
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
respondentpetitioner
One who formally requests
plaintiff · appellant · complainant · claimant · prosecutor
respondentquestioner
One who poses inquiries
inquirer · asker · initiator · interviewer · interrogator
respondentresearcher
One who studies systematically
investigator · interviewer · surveyor · pollster · questioner
- first responderInitial crisis scene personnel
- emergency responderProfessional arriving at crises
- first aid responderEmergency medical technician
- vacation responderAutomated away message
- crisis responderOne who aids emergencies
- disaster responderOne who assists after catastrophes
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