recipient

A person who gets something, such as a gift, payment, letter, or award.

• Please write the recipient’s address clearly.
• Each recipient received a small gift.
• She was one of three recipients of the award.

How to use it: recipient of something (He was the recipient of a scholarship.)

Similar words: receiver

Opposites: sender

Common phrases: award recipient, intended recipient, recipient of something

A person who receives an organ or body tissue from another person.

• The recipient is recovering well.
• Doctors matched the donor with a suitable recipient.
• Heart transplant recipients need regular medical checks.

How to use it: recipient of something (She was the recipient of a donated kidney.)

Opposites: donor

Common phrases: transplant recipient, kidney recipient, organ recipient

The container in a still that collects liquid after it has been turned into vapor and cooled.

• The liquid dripped into the recipient.
• A glass recipient collected the cooled liquid.
• They emptied the recipient before continuing the distillation.

Similar words: receiver, receiving vessel

Common phrases: glass recipient, distillation recipient, recipient flask