Home › Words › C › claimantclaimant/ˈkleɪ.mənt/claimant means one who claims; one who makes a claim.claimant is pronounced /ˈkleɪ.mənt/.EtymologyFrom Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant.nounOne who claims; one who makes a claim.A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.claimer 82% match — A person who makes a claim; a claimant. vs claimant →counterclaimant 80% match — One who makes a counterclaim. vs claimant →counterclaimer 77% match — One who counterclaims. vs claimant →claimee 76% match — A person from whom something is claimed. vs claimant →reclaimant 75% match — One who reclaims (in the various senses). vs claimant →claimancy 74% match — The state or quality of being a claimant. vs claimant →complainant 73% match — One who makes complaint, one who complains. vs claimant →disclaimant 73% match — One who disclaims. vs claimant →