examinee Definition

examine
verb examined, examining

1. To inspect, consider or look into something closely.

Thesaurus: inspect, analyse, appraise, review, scrutinize, vet, investigate, go into, inquire into, delve into, study, survey, probe, go over with a fine-tooth comb.
2. To check the health of someone.
3. To test the knowledge or ability of (a person), especially in a formal examination.

Thesaurus: test, question, catechize, interrogate, grill, quiz.
4. law.
To question formally in a court of law.

Derivative: examinability
noun

Derivative: examinable
adj

Derivative: examinee
noun

A candidate in an examination.

Derivative: examiner
noun

Someone who sets an examination.
Thesaurus: inspector, reviewer, analyst, tester, assessor, scrutinizer, censor, critic, judge, interviewer, questioner, auditor.

Idiom: need one's head examined

colloq
To be crazy or stupid, etc.

Etymology: 14c: from French examiner, from Latin examinare to weigh or test, from examen the pointer on a set of scales.