'Recipient' definitions:
Definition of 'recipient'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver]
noun
The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: recipient role, recipient]
Definition of 'Recipient'
From: GCIDE
- Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\ (r[-e]*s[i^]p"[i^]*ent), n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r['e]cipient. See Receive.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recipient'
From: GCIDE
- Recipient \Re*cip"i*ent\, a. Receiving; receptive. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recipient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepter,
- acquirer,
- addressee,
- admissible,
- admissive,
- admissory,
- audience,
- auditor,
- beholder,
- beneficiary,
- consignee,
- getter,
- hearer,
- heir,
- heiress,
- holder,
- hospitable,
- imbibitory,
- ingestive,
- intromissive,
- intromittent,
- invitatory,
- inviting,
- legatee,
- listener,
- looker,
- obtainer,
- open,
- payee,
- procurer,
- receivable,
- receiver,
- receiving,
- receptible,
- receptive,
- spectator,
- taker,
- trustee,
- viewer,
- welcoming