benefactor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbɛnɪfæktɚ/ UK /ˈbɛnɪfæktə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who gives help or financial support

An anonymous benefactor funded the entire scholarship.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who gives help or... patron donor supporter sponsor backer philanthropist

Opposites

malefactor beneficiary

Word family

Derived forms benefactress

Related forms benefaction beneficiary benefit beneficence

Etymology

From Late Latin benefactor ('one who does good'), from Latin bene ('well') + factor ('doer'), from facere ('to do, make').

benefactor Latin bene Middle English facere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# benefactor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɛnɪfæktɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɛnɪfæktə/

## Meanings
1. a person who gives help or financial support

## Examples
- An anonymous benefactor funded the entire scholarship.

## Synonyms
- patron
- donor
- supporter
- sponsor
- backer
- philanthropist

## Antonyms
- malefactor
- beneficiary

## Derived Forms
- benefactress

## Related Forms
- benefaction
- beneficiary
- benefit
- beneficence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: benefactor
- Root: bene
- Root: facere
- Affix: bene- - good

## Etymology
From Late Latin benefactor ('one who does good'), from Latin bene ('well') + factor ('doer'), from facere ('to do, make').

## AI Etymology
Benefactor is from Late Latin benefactor ('one who does good'), from Latin bene ('well') + factor ('doer'), from facere ('to do, make'). Important recorded forms include benefactor (Latin), bene (Latin), and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who gives help or financial support. The wider family includes derived forms such as benefactress and related words such as benefaction, beneficiary, benefit, and beneficence.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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