回答者(かいとうしゃ)

かいとうしゃ
noun
respondent
personcommunication
1. respondent (to a survey or questionnaire)
A person who answers a survey, questionnaire or set of questions. Common in reports of survey results.
回答者(かいとうしゃ)は百人(ひゃくにん)だった。
There were a hundred respondents.
Half of the respondents answered 'satisfied'.
In this survey, the respondents' personal information will not be made public.

Etymology

回答(かいとう) (an answer, reply) + 〜者(しゃ) (person).

Common collocations

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回答(かいとう) is a reply to a question or request; 解答(かいとう) is the answer to a test problem. A quiz-show contestant is a 解答者(かいとうしゃ), a survey respondent a 回答者(かいとうしゃ).