Synonyms for benefactor
ˈbɛn əˌfæk tər, ˌbɛn əˈfæk-bene·fac·tor

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1. benefactor

   Synonyms:
   friend, supporter, contributor, upholder, well-wisher, favorer, well-doer, patron

   Antonyms:
   foe, opponent, disfavorer, antagonist, rival, backfriend, oppressor

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1. benefactor, helpernoun

   a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

   Synonyms:
   supporter, assistant, helper, help

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1. List of paraphrases for "benefactor":

   patron

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How to use benefactor in a sentence?

1. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

3. Nikita Mazepin:

   It takes millions and millions of dollars. They need a benefactor to help an American driver race in Formula One. For all the talk about it, there’s no one that’s ever stepped up to do that.

4. Rich Barger:

   We think it's likely a cohort of Chinese actors, a bunch of mini-groups that are handled by one main benefactor, we think this series of activity over time is a little more distributed, and that is why there is not a broad consensus as to the beginning and end of this group.

5. Mark Twain:

   We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.