respondent

/rəˈspɑndɪnt/

/rəˈspɒndənt/

Other forms: respondents

A respondent is a person who gives an answer. For example, on some Monday mornings, your teacher might feel like she is talking to the walls — although she asks 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."

Definitions of respondent

1. adjective

   replying
   synonyms: answering

   responsive

   readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
2. noun

   someone who responds
   synonyms: answerer, responder

   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
3. noun

   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