recipient

/ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/

recipient noun: one who receives.

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Noun

recipient (plural recipients)

One who receives.
- the recipient of money or goods
- My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
Synonyms:

addressee
A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

Adjective

recipient (not comparable)

receiving

recipient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

recipient in Hindi

one who receives: प्राप्तकर्ता prāptakartā, लाभार्थी lābhārthī, आदाता ādātā, ग्रहीता grahītā
person receiving donor organs or tissues: आदाता ādātā, लाभार्थी lābhārthī

recipient in Tamil

ஏற்றுக் கொள்பவர், பெறுநர், பெற்றுக் கொள்பவர், ஏற்பி

recipient in Marathi

प्राप्तकर्ता

recipient in Urdu

one who receives: یابِنْدَہ yābinda, وُصُول کُنِنْدَہ vusūl kuninda, گِیرِنْدَہ gīrinda

More languagesFewer languages

recipient in Bengali: প্রাপক, গ্রাহক, গ্রহণকর্তা, গ্রহীত
recipient in Telugu: గ్రహీత
recipient in Malayalam: സ്വീകർത്താവ് svīkaṟttāvŭ
recipient in Kannada: ಪಡೆಪುಗಾರ, ಪಡೆಗ, ಪಡೆಯುವವ, ಇಸ್ಕೊಳ್ಳುವವ
recipient in Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਕਾਰ
recipient in Gujarati: પ્રાપ્તકર્તા, મેળવનાર
recipient in Odia: ପ୍ରାପକ, ପ୍ରାପ୍ତକର୍ତ୍ତା, ଗ୍ରହୀତା
recipient in Nepali: प्राप्तकर्ता
recipient in Arabic: مُسْتَلِم mustalim, مُسْتَلِمَة mustalima, مُتَسَلِّم mutasallim, مُتَسَلِّمَة mutasallima
recipient in Malay: penerima
recipient in Indonesian: penerima
recipient in Thai: ผู้รับ pûu-ráp
recipient in Vietnamese: người nhận
recipient in Myanmar: လက်ခံသူ lakhkamsu

Examples of recipient in a sentence

Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
Encountering difficulties with the parcels’ unhelpful recipient, the deliveryman unceremoniously dumped the packages in the street outside the door.

All 40 example sentences with recipient

Synonyms of recipient

Antonyms

giver

All synonyms and antonyms of recipient

Forms of recipient

plural	recipients

Plural of recipient: recipients

Origin of recipient

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

Words formed from recipient

Questions about recipient

What does recipient mean?: Recipient means one who receives.
What is recipient in Hindi?: Recipient in Hindi is प्राप्तकर्ता (prāptakartā), लाभार्थी (lābhārthī), आदाता (ādātā). See Recipient meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is recipient?: Recipient can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce recipient?: Recipient is pronounced /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/.
What is the plural of recipient?: The plural of recipient is recipients.

Words near recipient in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: recipient (page history and authors); recipient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recipient (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recipient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recipient (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recipient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recipient (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recipient (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recipient (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recipient (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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