Benefactor

//ˈbɛnəˌfaktə//

Synonyms for "benefactor" (18 found)

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Related words (9)

Noun(2 words)
helperhumanitarian

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Translations

93 translations across 51 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • weldoener noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Ancient Greek

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  • εὐεργέτης noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُتَبَرِّع noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բարերար noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дабрадзе́й noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • дабрадзе́йка noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • дабрачы́нец noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • дабрачы́нка noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • благоде́тел noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благоде́телка noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благотвори́тел noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благотвори́телка noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Catalan

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  • benefactor noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 恩人 noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲅⲉⲧⲏⲥ noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Czech

1 entries
  • dobrodinec noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Danish

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  • velgører noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Dutch

2 entries
  • weldoener noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • weldoenster noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • bonfaranto noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Estonian

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  • heategija noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hyväntekijä noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • lahjoittaja noun (on who gives gifts or help)

French

2 entries
  • bienfaiteur noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • bienfaitrice noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Friulian

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  • benfatôr noun (on who gives gifts or help)

German

3 entries
  • Benefaktor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • Wohltäter noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • Wohltäterin noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Greek

2 entries
  • δωρητής noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • ευεργέτης noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • jótevő noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Ido

1 entries
  • bonfacanto noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Italian

2 entries
  • benefattore noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • benefattrice noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 恩人 noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អ្នកមានគុណ noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Korean

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  • 은인 noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Latin

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  • benefactor noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Latvian

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  • labdaris noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • geradarys noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • добротвор noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaioha noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • kaitautoko noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Norman

1 entries
  • beinfaiteur noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • velgjører noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Old English

1 entries
  • wel-doend noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Persian

2 entries
  • نیکوکار noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • کرفهگر noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Polish

4 entries
  • benefaktor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • benefaktor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • benefaktorka noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • dobroczyńca noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Portuguese

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  • benfeitor noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Romanian

2 entries
  • binefăcătoare noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • binefăcător noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Russian

4 entries
  • благоде́тель noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благоде́тельница noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благотвори́тель noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благотвори́тельница noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dobrotvor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • dobročinac noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • dobročinilac noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • dobročinitelj noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dobrodinec noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Slovene

2 entries
  • dobrotnica noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • dobrotnik noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Spanish

3 entries
  • benefactor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • bienfechor noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • bienhechor noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Swedish

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  • välgörare noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Thai

2 entries
  • ผู้อุปการะ noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • ผู้อุปถัมภ์ noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • kärtse-yāmi noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • tanāpate noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hayırsever noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • благоді́йник noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • благоді́йниця noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • доброді́й noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • доброді́йка noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Venetan

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  • benefator noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Vietnamese

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  • ân nhân noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Volapük

3 entries
  • benodan noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • hibenodan noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • jibenodan noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cymwynaswr noun (on who gives gifts or help)
  • cymwynaswraig noun (on who gives gifts or help)

Sample sentences

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I was ashamed of what I had done to my benefactor.

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They look up to him as their benefactor.

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They will look up to him as their benefactor.

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They held her in high esteem as their benefactor.

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