| Defendant 1. (n.) A person against whom a lawsuit is brought; -- opposed to plaintiff. 2. (a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. 3. (a.) Making defense. 4. (n.) One who defends; a defender. Thesaurus Entries accessory, accused, bitter-ender, brawler, correspondent, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, libelee, litigant, litigationist, litigator, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructionist, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, panel, parties litigant, party, plaintiff, prisoner, protester, quarreler, resister, respondent, scrapper, suitor, suspect, witness, wrangler |