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. See receptive
   a less common word for receptive

Other Words From

• nonre·cipi·ent adjective noun
• unre·cipi·ent 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

Erickson is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters prize and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award.

From Nautilus

The main problem is that while the Covid-19 vaccines now available are amazingly effective at protecting recipients, it’s not clear how much they can prevent them from spreading the virus to other people.

From Vox

Submitting such data is now encouraged but not required, and Virginia — like other states — has struggled to get sufficient demographic details about vaccine recipients.

From Washington Post

Recent recipient Jason Becton, who works alongside his husband, Patrick Evans, as co-owners of MarieBette Café & Bakery in Charlottesville, Virginia, shares his story below.

From Ozy

An MBA recipient from Stanford Business School, Swaniker has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

From Time

The lucky recipient gets to choose from a selection of gifts ranging from cocktail kits to packages of wine and premium spirits.

From The Daily Beast

That Snapchat deceptively told its users that the sender would be notified if a recipient took a screenshot of a snap.

From The Daily Beast

Furthermore, there is the potential for those images to go beyond their intended recipient.

From The Daily Beast

But I do not believe a country that has a sovereign wealth fund can be an aid recipient.

From The Daily Beast

According to the recipient of his greeting, Patreese Johnson, he said, “I want some of that” and motioned to her crotch.

From The Daily Beast

In conversation their minds are apt to remain in a recipient passive state.

From Project Gutenberg

And coincident with the same, she became the recipient of numerous offers from almost everywhere.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a privilege to sit so close to her at the table, to wait on her, and be the recipient of her charming smiles.

From Project Gutenberg

They were delivered in due time, and packed in a richly-mounted cedar chest, were sent to the royal recipient.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Paul is now the recipient of a salary of fifteen hundred dollars a year as teacher of a school in Boston.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• beneficiary