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

2 senses of recipient

Sense 1
recipient, receiver -- (a person who receives something)
       => acquirer -- (a person who acquires something (usually permanently))

Sense 2
recipient role, recipient -- (the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause)
       => semantic role, participant role -- ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)