RESPONDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respondent mean? 

• RESPONDENT (noun)
  The noun RESPONDENT has 2 senses:

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

2. someone who responds

  Familiarity information: RESPONDENT used as a noun is rare.

• RESPONDENT (adjective)
  The adjective RESPONDENT has 1 sense:

1. replying

  Familiarity information: RESPONDENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPONDENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("respondent" is a kind of...):

co-defendant; codefendant (a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who responds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

answerer; respondent; responder

Hypernyms ("respondent" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "respondent"):

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))

Derivation:

respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

respond (react verbally)

respondent (replying)

• RESPONDENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Replying

Synonyms:

answering; respondent

Context example:

an answering smile

Similar:

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

Derivation:

respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

respondent (someone who responds)

 Context examples 

A response format that allows a respondent to answer using their own knowledge and/or feelings, without specified response categories.

(Open-ended Response Format, NCI Thesaurus)

A response format where specified response categories are provided for the respondent to chose in order to answer the question.

(Close-ended Response Format, NCI Thesaurus)

It identifies respondents with specific language impairment (SLI) or other categories of language impairment.

(Grammatical Impairment, NCI Thesaurus)

A psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires where a respondent is asked to evaluate an opinion according to subjective or objective criteria, by rating their level of agreement or disagreement with a statement.

(Likert Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

With regard to each of the listed activities, respondents are requested to indicate if (1) they are currently able to perform the activity (unassisted), (2) they have stopped performing the activity, or (3) they have never performed the activity. (from J Rehabil Res Dev. 41(4): 621-630)

(Human Activity Profile Test, NCI Thesaurus)

A test that assesses a respondent's knowledge of grammar.

(Grammatical Impairment, NCI Thesaurus)