Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: benefactor

Synonyms:

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Antonyms:

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Usage examples:

As he sits on the edge of a bed where his deceased benefactor lays, he does what always brings him comfort, turns on the TV.

Source: https://www.wonkette.com/p/wonkette-movie-night-being-there

But where is that line, when a justice can secretly accept trips and gifts worth millions from a benefactor with a distinct agenda?

Source: https://theweek.com/feature/1022661/editor-letter

Esther’s grandson, Ethan, a teenage artist “saved” through Matthew’s intercession, is packed off to study art with a wealthy benefactor in Massachusetts (he’s not the only talented island child, but Ethan is singled out because he passes for white).

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/12/in-his-latest-novel-pulitzer-prize-winning-novelist-paul-harding-fictionalizes-maines-malaga-island/

His late uncle Max Fisher, a wealthy oilman and philanthropist, was a prominent benefactor of institutions like Ohio State University and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/12/stephen-ross-donates-8m-education-palm-beach/

Lazarus Planet has changed the very foundation of the DC Universe by putting Shazam on a collision course with his greatest benefactor.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/lazarus-planet-shazam-wizard-dc/

Men climb the walls to go inside the now abandoned estate, walking amongst paintings and sculptures before stripping naked to take a dip in the indoor swimming pool while a giant portrait of their unwitting (and now imprisoned) benefactor looks on.

Source: https://thefilmstage.com/new-to-streaming-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline-viking-riceboy-sleeps-a-new-old-play-more/

Ms Parsons said Margaret Olley was a tremendous supporter and benefactor of NERAM, donating 15 artworks to the NERAM collection, both her own work and those of other Australian artists.

Source: https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/8247734/ode-to-olleycelebrating-100-years-at-neram/?src=rss

Their only historic benefactor is face-planting in Ukraine and is no longer taken seriously as a super power - or any power for that matter.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12853268?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

The subject matter also feels dated, as Christian and a wealthy benefactor, The Duke (James Bryers), fight over Satine; Christian’s characterisation in particular verges on manipulative, and the language can be paternalistic.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/live-reviews/moulin-rouge-returns-to-melbourne-why-because-they-can-can-can-20230824-p5dz71.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

The tiebreak was invented in the 1950s by Jimmy Van Alen, an American benefactor, who lived in Rhode Island.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23648170.history-tennis-tiebreak-amid-novak-djokovics-utter-domination/?ref=rss

This YA novel follows Avery Grambs who comes into an enormous sum of money when a mysterious benefactor, Tobias Hawthorne, dies and leaves her his entire fortune.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-books-recommendations-2023