recipient
/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ noun, adjective
Forms recipients
- noun One who receives. “the recipient of money or goods”
- noun (medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
- noun (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
- adjective receiving
Synonyms
addressee accepter accipient acquirer getter obtainer procurer receiver securer recipient role
Antonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
- adjective Receiving; receptive.
Etymology [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. See Receive.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “recipient”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details