accuser

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈkjuːzər/ UK /əˈkjuːzə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who charges another with a fault or crime

She turned to face her accuser across the crowded court.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who charges... plaintiff prosecutorcomplainantindicterinformer

Opposites

defender advocate accused

Word family

Related forms accuse accusation accusal accusative

Etymology

From accuse + -er, from Latin accūsāre ('to call to account, blame'), from ad- ('to') + causa ('cause, lawsuit').

accūsāre Latin causa Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# accuser

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈkjuːzər/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈkjuːzə/

## Meanings
1. a person who charges another with a fault or crime

## Examples
- She turned to face her accuser across the crowded court.

## Synonyms
- plaintiff
- prosecutor
- complainant
- indicter
- informer

## Antonyms
- defender
- advocate
- accused

## Related Forms
- accuse
- accusation
- accusal
- accusative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accūsāre
- Root: causa

## Etymology
From accuse + -er, from Latin accūsāre ('to call to account, blame'), from ad- ('to') + causa ('cause, lawsuit').

## AI Etymology
Accuser is from accuse + -er, from Latin accūsāre ('to call to account, blame'), from ad- ('to') + causa ('cause, lawsuit'). Important recorded forms include accūsāre (Latin) and causa (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who charges another with a fault or crime. The wider family includes related words such as accuse, accusation, accusal, and accusative.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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