recipient

[ri-sip-ee-uhnt]

noun

1. a person or thing that receives; receiver.

   the recipient of a prize.

adjective

1. receiving or capable of receiving.

recipient

/ rɪˈsɪpɪənt /

noun

1. a person who or thing that receives

adjective

1. a less common word for receptive

Other Word Forms

• nonrecipient adjective
• unrecipient adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient¹

First recorded in 1550–60; from Latin recipient-, stem of recipiēns “receiving,” present participle of recipere “to receive”; receive

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipient¹

C16: via French from Latin recipiēns , from recipere to _receive

Example Sentences

Others buried there include a recipient of the Victoria Cross, George Wheeler, and the grandfather of the actress Charlotte Rampling – Sapper Harris Johnson Rampling.

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Many recipients in California already have their payments, but the legal drama late Friday may add to their anxieties.

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The government agreed to use $4.65 billion in contingency funds to make partial payments, but warned it could take several weeks or months for states to deliver benefits to recipients.

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A mystery recipient of one ongoing letter keeps the pages turning.

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In 2014, he became the first living recipient of the Nobel Prize to auction off his medal - in part to help fund future scientific discovery.

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Related Words

• beneficiary