FAIRY GODMOTHERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

fairy godmothers

noun

plural of fairy godmother

as in donors

one that helps another with gifts or money when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother

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Recent Examples of fairy godmothers 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

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The National Science Foundation has funded projects that developed the mathematics behind how kidneys get matched to donors and research tracking how extreme weather reshapes communities.

— Remy Dou, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
The organization says 169 individual donors have pitched in to help cover the costs, along with several businesses.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 10 June 2026

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