BENEFACTOR Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

benefactor

noun

ˈbe-nə-ˌfak-tər

Definition of benefactor

as in donor

one that helps another with gifts or money an anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers

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Recent Examples of benefactor To be sure, Democrats have their own billionaire benefactors, too. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026 But while the group tries to expand its outreach, some of the program’s largest benefactors are moving on. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 Schrage was a major benefactor to his alma mater, Valparaiso University, which named him to its Hall of Honor in 1985 and gave him an honorary doctorate the following year. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 The park around the corner lists one of its benefactors as Todd Graves, the LSU donor and CEO of the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers empire. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for benefactor

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Noun

Once a payment is authorized by the donor (and not made fraudulently by someone else), getting those funds back becomes even harder, Eva Velasquez, CEO of the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center, told Fortune.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
The National Kidney Registry launched in 2008 with an eye toward saving and improving the lives of people facing kidney failure by increasing the quality, speed and number of living donor transplants around the globe and protecting living donors.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of donor

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Contributors can transfer stock to the Treasury, which will then invest the funds into accounts in line with the donator’s guidelines.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 July 2026
That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.

— Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026

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