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Litigious is an adjective that’s used to describe a person or organization that is prone to suing other people or companies.

It typically implies that such lawsuits are frivolous or excessive.

The related verb litigate means to engage in a legal proceeding, such as a lawsuit. It can mean to bring a lawsuit or to contest one.

Litigate can also be used in a somewhat figurative or general way meaning to intensely dispute or argue something, as if one were a lawyer in a courtroom setting, as in It’s just a minor issue—we don’t have to litigate it over and over again. ��

In the same way, litigious can also be used to describe someone who’s prone to arguing. A close synonym is argumentative.

The tendency to be litigious is called litigiousness.

Less commonly, litigious can also be used to describe anything involving litigation.

Example: The megacorporation is known for being litigious—constantly firing off lawsuits as a first resort.

The first records of the word litigious come from the 1300s. It derives from the Latin ��ī�پ�����ō���ܲ�, which means “contentious” and is related to the Latin ��ī�پ�����(um), meaning “a quarrel.”

Companies considered litigious are often those that use lawsuits as a normal way of doing business. A person who’s described as litigious in this way often sues people or organizations all time, engaging in one lawsuit after another.

Someone who’s described as litigious in a general sense is always arguing, especially in a tedious way, as if they were a lawyer in a courtroom.

Both senses of the word are typically applied to people or companies who tend to wear others down with their constant litigating.

What are some other forms related to litigious?

• litigiously (adverb)
• litigiousness (noun)
• litigiosity (noun)

What are some synonyms for litigious?

• argumentative

What are some words that share a root or word element with litigious?��

• litigation
• litigator
• litigant
• litigable

What are some words that often get used in discussing litigious?

• lawsuit
• lawyer
• attorney
• dispute
• argue
• company

The word litigious is most commonly used in the context of lawsuits, but it can also be used in a general way.

Big rumours swirling about Roman Abromovich. We won't be commentating on the notoriously litigious oligarch until it's written in stone

— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball)

No one wants the liability. It’s happening everywhere because we live in such a litigious society.

— Emily Nelms Chastain (@revemilync)

Student journalism matters. Unfortunately, it’s under threat by litigious corporations, angry alumni, and incompetent admins.

— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs)

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Is litigious used correctly in the following sentence?��

One of the other students in my class is so litigious that every time he answers a question it turns into a debate.