The recipient of something is the person who receives it.
[formal]
...the largest recipient of American foreign aid. [+ of]
A suppressed immune system puts a transplant recipient at risk of other infections.
Synonyms: receiver, beneficiary, donee, legatee More Synonyms of recipient
recipient in British English
(rɪˈsɪpɪənt)
noun
1.
a person who or thing that receives
adjective
2. a less common word for receptive
Word origin
C16: via French from Latin recipiēns, from recipere to receive
recipient in American English
(rɪˈsɪpiənt)
noun
1.
a person or thing that receives
adjective
2.
receiving, or ready or able to receive
Derived forms
recipience (reˈcipience)
noun or reˈcipiency
Word origin
< L recipiens, prp. of recipere: see receive
COBUILD Collocations
recipient
passive recipient
transplant recipient
Examples of 'recipient' in a sentence
recipient
There surely can have been no more worthy recipient.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Beyond question, though, he is a most worthy recipient.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yet much of the money conveys little benefit to the intended recipient.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES (1980)
Bangladesh has emerged as one of the biggest recipients.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Or we give prizes to people we deem worthy recipients.
Christianity Today (2000)
The recipients will include six quoted construction companies that have admitted involvement.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There are now fears hundreds of other transplant recipients could have similar graffiti.
The Sun (2013)
The important question to ask is which benefit recipients the Government thinks can most bear it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They have identified 64 intended recipients of those messages.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That makes our debt interest the fourth biggest recipient of public money in Whitehall.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The transplant recipients are said to have paid $100,000 each for the organs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Only 60 per cent of transplant recipients receive a perfect match.
The Sun (2015)
All the members have deep pockets of poverty and some cannot make up their minds if they should be classical aid recipients or regional superpowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Charities are trying to find the best way to work with countries that are recipients of aid but are donors, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is governed by an international board made up of representatives from donor and recipient governments, as well as businesses and philanthropic foundations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One of the main reasons why mail does not reach the intended recipient is because of individuals' failure to notify changes of address.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A sting operation arranged with Vatican police failed to catch the intended recipient.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The honour is restricted to 24 members at any one time, plus additional foreign recipients.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
One of the biggest recipients of additional funds is the Department for Health.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For many decades, Africa was seen as a recipient of aid.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The government maintains that the deal is a vote of confidence in Britain as a recipient of foreign direct investment and in its high-tech industries.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I would rather throw it away if I cannot find a worthy recipient.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
recipient
British English: recipient /rɪˈsɪpɪənt/ NOUN
The recipient of something is the person who receives it.
...recipients of government money.
American English: recipient
Arabic: مُسْتَلِم
Brazilian Portuguese: recebedor
Chinese: 接受者
Croatian: primatelj
Czech: příjemce
Danish: modtager
Dutch: ontvanger
European Spanish: recipiente
Finnish: vastaanottaja
French: bénéficiaire
German: Empfänger
Greek: παραλήπτης
Italian: destinatario
Japanese: 受取人
Korean: 수령인
Norwegian: mottaker
Polish: odbiorca
European Portuguese: beneficiário
Romanian: beneficiar
Russian: адресат
Latin American Spanish: recipiente
Swedish: mottagare
Thai: ผู้ได้รับ
Turkish: alıcı kişi
Ukrainian: отримувач
Vietnamese: người nhận
Chinese translation of 'recipient'
recipient
(rɪˈsɪpɪənt)
n(c)
接受者 (jiēshòuzhě) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a person who receives something
the largest recipient of foreign aid
Synonyms
receiver
He says he's more a receiver than a giver in the lying stakes.
beneficiary
The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.
donee
legatee
He left £500 to a personal legatee.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of beneficiary
Definition
a person who gains or benefits
The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.