Antonyms for disputant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-spyoot-nt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspyut nt

Definition of disputant

Origin : 1610s, from Latin disputantem (nominative disputans), present participle of disputare (see dispute).

As in opponent : noun person with whom one competes
As in opposition : noun person, people competing
As in opposer : noun opponent
As in oppositionist : noun opponent
As in resister : noun opponent
As in contestant : noun competitor
As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
As in fighter : noun person engaged in hostile encounter

Example sentences :

"The South is defensive, and the North aggressive," one disputant might say.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 » by Various

Evelyn Ames, the other disputant, had been an enigma at college.
Extract from : « A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories » by Marian T. MacIntosh

I had no wish to be known as a disputant or an experimentalist.
Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 2 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

And tell Dewint I shall become a disputant on the landscape.
Extract from : « Keats » by Sidney Colvin

The disputant must acquire promptitude in the employment of them.
Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote

The disputant says, "Fire must be non-hot because it is artificial."
Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya

His opponents say that he is too much of a poet to be a critic; he is certainly too much of a poet to be a disputant.
Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by Henry James

"Reste savoir," said I to myself, with the disputant at Nismes.
Extract from : « Four Years in France » by Henry Digby Beste

Another is a file; and he is a disputant, a controversialist.
Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 » by Boswell

Hang it man, whatever you may have been at Oxford University you are no disputant now.
Extract from : « Madame Flirt » by Charles E. Pearce

Synonyms for disputant

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