BESTOWERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

bestowers

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plural of bestower

as in givers

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The world’s largest givers This week, Bridgespan also updated its rankings of the world’s largest corporate and institutional givers, based on average annual giving between 2020 and 2024.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
There’s also a gap between how givers and recipients think about AI involvement.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of givers

Noun

The Kennedy Center has long been home to hundreds of unique works of art and antiquities, including sculptures and tapestries, donated or loaned by individual benefactors and other countries, CNN notes.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Democratic divide As Republican donors open their wallets, some of Democrats’ biggest benefactors are missing from the DNC’s donor rolls.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of benefactors

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One of the biggest financial backers of the measure is the political nonprofit Building a Better California, which has been fighting the billionaire’s tax with help from wealthy donors, including Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Such spending can help finance advertising, voter outreach and other campaign activities, giving major donors a significant financial presence in elections.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of donors

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Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of fairy godmothers

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None of Wiseman’s institutional portraits have the voices of angels talking to the guy in charge.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
The woman understood from her hasty reading that perhaps all miracles could be attributed to saints and angels if they were experienced by a believer.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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