Definition of RECIPIENT

recipient

Meanings

Plural: recipients

Noun

  • a person who receives something
  • the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
  • One who receives.
  • A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
  • The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Adj

  • receiving

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

Antonyms

giver

Scrabble Score: 13

recipient is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
recipient is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recipient is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

recipient is a valid Words With Friends word