beneficiary

Main Entry:
beneficiary [ben-uh-fish-ee-er-ee, -fish-uh-ree]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who gains, benefits
Synonyms: almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor
Notes: a benefactor is someone who provides a gift; a beneficiary is someone who receives benefits or favors
Antonyms: giver, payer
Main Entry: domestic partner
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: live-in significant other
Synonyms: beneficiary, cohabitant, companion, housemate, longtime companion, lover, partner, spouse
Main Entry: heir
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who inherits possessions
Synonyms: beneficiary, crown prince/princess, devisee, grantee, heritor, inheritor, next in line, scion, successor
Notes: hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large, long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Antonyms: heiress
Main Entry: successor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heir
Synonyms: beneficiary, descendant, follower, heritor, inheritor, next in line, replacement, scion
Main Entry: pensioner
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: retired person
Synonyms: beneficiary, dependent, grantee
Main Entry: possessor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: owner
Synonyms: beneficiary, buyer, heir, heiress, holder, inheritor, laird, landlady, landlord, landowner, legatee, lessee, master, occupant, occupier, partner, proprietor, proprietress, purchaser, retainer, trustee
Main Entry: receiver
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: one who receives
Synonyms: acceptor, assignee, beneficiary, cashier, collector, consignee, creditor, customer, grantee, heir, recipient, subject, target, teller, trustee
Main Entry: receiver
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: recipient
Synonyms: addressee, beneficiary, collector, donee, fence, heir, receptacle, telephone
Antonyms: donor, giver
Main Entry: recipient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: receiver
Synonyms: awardee, beneficiary, conferree, donee, heir, legatee
Antonyms: donor, giver
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