ALMSGIVER Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

almsgiver

noun

as in fairy godmother

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Noun

Bette Midler rounds out the starry ensemble, voicing the the fairy godmother.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 July 2026
Sautee has been a fairy godmother, a genie and other fairy tale characters.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026

Definition of fairy godmother

Noun

Sennott plays Danielle, a bisexual college senior who sits shiva with her family after sleeping with her sugar daddy.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

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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

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His organization, Humus, had been hired by local philanthropist Maria Antonia Civita and her organization Verde Scola, a local after school program for disadvantaged kids that had turned into the hub of aid distribution after the landslides.

— Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
That amount is roughly one-fifth of what Scott has donated since the divorce, while she’s given away about 40% of her fortune, making her one of the most generous philanthropists in the world.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of philanthropist

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