RECIPIENTS Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

recipients

noun

plural of recipient

as in beneficiaries

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Recent Examples of recipients The latest paper found that PPP recipients that had been flagged as potentially fraudulent were 17% more likely to purchase a home in 2020 and 2021 than a non-flagged recipient. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026

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beneficiaries

Noun

As old empires and kingdoms dissolved and capitalist economies took hold, Jews were among the most visible beneficiaries of these massive social transformations.

— Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In it, Godfrey-Smith explores the nature of conscious minds and how those minds come to shape their environments as active participants in evolution — not just passive beneficiaries of natural processes.

— Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025