MAECENAS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

Maecenas

noun

mi-ˈsē-nəs

Definition of Maecenas

as in donor

one that helps another with gifts or money the opera company no longer has an array of moneyed Maecenases to which it can turn for financial support

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Noun

On June 26, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) was listed as the in-kind donor of the tickets for a fundraiser for A Bolder Florida, the PAC for Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Readers of the report may not be carefully attuned to the legal arguments used to justify anti-BDS legislation, but PEN America obviously is and so are the donors who support this work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

Definition of donor

Noun

Schrage was a major benefactor to his alma mater, Valparaiso University, which named him to its Hall of Honor in 1985 and gave him an honorary doctorate the following year.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
The park around the corner lists one of its benefactors as Todd Graves, the LSU donor and CEO of the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers empire.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of benefactor

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

The Bucksbaum Award was inaugurated in 2000 by the late Melva Bucksbaum, a patron of the arts and longtime Whitney trustee.

— News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
Russia is increasingly embroiled in its war with Ukraine and not able to send more aid to an island that already owes their former Cold War patron billions of dollars.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

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