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

Across much of the country’s media spectrum, prominent pundits had long been hammering away at “entitlements,” indignantly claiming that welfare recipients, disproportionately people of color, were sponging off government largesse.

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Grant recipients include the New York Botanical Garden for plant identification and the University of Leeds for food waste conversion.

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That should facilitate correct payment amounts being delivered to recipients in a timely fashion.

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In a text message that April, later shared on social media by its recipient, Side complained that she was facing a cash squeeze.

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Medicaid funding is “passed through to the recipients and hospitals,” Rinehart said.

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Related Words

• beneficiary