respondent - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

A respondent is a person who gives an answer. For example, on some Monday mornings, teachers feel like they are talking to the walls because though they ask questions, none of the sleepy students are willing respondents.

A respondent is a person who answers a question, letter, email message, survey, or anything else that requires a response. You can see the word respond, which means "answer or reply to" in respondent. If a poll reveals that bullying is the top concern regarding school safety, you know that many respondents checked the box marked "bullying."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: respondent

1	adj n	replying someone who responds
2	n	the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: respondent

1

adj replying

Synonyms:: answering

: responsive
readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

n someone who responds

Synonyms:: answerer, responder

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; assenter
a person who assents; equivocator, hedger, tergiversator
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer; interviewee
a person who is interviewed; examinee, testee
someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination); don't-know
a person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll; passer
a student who passes an examination

Type of:: communicator
a person who communicates with others

2

n the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

Type of:: co-defendant, codefendant
a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action