sugar daddy

noun

1

: a well-to-do usually older man who supports or spends lavishly on a mistress, girlfriend, or boyfriend

2

: a generous benefactor of a cause or undertaking

Synonyms of sugar daddy

• donor
• donator
• fairy godmother

Examples of sugar daddy in a Sentence

She's on the lookout for a new sugar daddy.

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

Recent Examples on the Web

What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers. —Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026

Kelsey is moving into her new apartment with the help of her mom and sister, both of whom are rocked by the news that her sugar daddy is still paying just about all of her bills. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 May 2026

This sugar daddy isn’t stopping his spending. —Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026

Fraught economic conditions have also dried up spending for many sugar daddies. —Jason Parham, Wired News, 3 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sugar daddy

• addy
• caddie
• caddy
• gaddi
• laddie
• paddy
• granddaddy