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... patrondonorsupportersponsorbackerphilanthropist ↔ Opposites malefactorbeneficiary Word family Derived forms benefactress Related forms benefactionbeneficiarybenefitbeneficence Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown