Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fundraiser

2 senses of fundraiser

Sense 1
fundraiser -- (someone who solicits financial contributions)
       => solicitor, canvasser -- (a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes)

Sense 2
fundraiser -- (a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money)
       => affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function -- (a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions")