sugar daddy

noun

Definition of sugar daddynext
as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy

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Recent Examples of sugar daddy This sugar daddy isn’t stopping his spending. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Instead, her sugar daddy, a finance guy in his late sixties, suggested a slow-growing, low-risk investment account with Charles Schwab that would be a safer bet than Wall Street. — Jason Parham, Wired News, 3 Apr. 2026 Many might think the 28-year age gap is prima facie evidence of a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026 Sanders needs Alabama’s gravitas or Texas Tech’s sugar daddies. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sugar daddy
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  1. donor
  2. donator
  3. fairy godmother
Noun
  • Nonprofits that might match up with the donor’s desires then reach out to ask for, and sometimes receive, money.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • The site, as of Friday afternoon, had only 10 donors and $315 of a $5,500 goal.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of donor
Noun
  • Contributors can transfer stock to the Treasury, which will then invest the funds into accounts in line with the donator’s guidelines.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 July 2026
  • That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of donator
Noun
  • Sautee has been a fairy godmother, a genie and other fairy tale characters.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
  • Thanks to a thorough re-evaluation in the latter part of the twentieth century, Wollstonecraft is recast as the fairy godmother of modern feminism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2026
Definition of fairy godmother

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“Sugar daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugar%20daddy. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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