recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsi-pē-ənt 

: one that receives : receiver

recipient adjective

Examples of recipient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This year’s recipient is 17-year-old digital defender Tejasvi Manoj from Frisco, Texas. —Time Pr, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

Discounted membership options are available for young adults and qualifying recipients of government assistance. —Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025

Grande kicked off the evening with polka dots on the red carpet and later hit the VMAs stage three separate times — to introduce Mariah Carey as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient, and to accept her moonpersons in the Best Pop and the coveted Video of the Year categories. —Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

To manage this enormous volume, payments are spread across the month, with most recipients' schedules tied to their birth dates. —Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Latin recipient-, recipiens, present participle of recipere

First Known Use

1558, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing recipient

• co-recipient
• universal recipient

Rhymes for recipient

• incipient
• percipient

Kids Definition

recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 

: one that receives

the recipient of many honors

recipient adjective

Medical Definition

recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 

: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor