bestower
Person who grants
A bestower is someone who gives or confers something, especially something valuable or significant: the bestower of gifts, the bestower of honors.
The word carries a formal, slightly elevated tone—you bestow blessings, titles, or wisdom, not spare change.
She was known as a generous bestower of praise.
Donor to charitable causes
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- giverOne who bestows
grantor · endower · provider · contributor · sponsor · backer · supporter · underwriter
Permanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- grantBestow or award money
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
fellowship · award · legacy · inheritance · bounty · alms · benefaction · stipend
Readiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
largesse · openhandedness · graciousness · philanthropy · altruism · charity · kindness · bountifulness
Transferring to another
- grantingGiving formally or officially
- conferringGiving or discussing formally
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- awardingConferring an honor
bequeathing · endowing · donating · dispensing · imparting · entrusting · allocating · distributing
philanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- patronRegular supporter or customer
giver · grantor · endower · provider · contributor · sponsor · backer · supporter · underwriter · funder
endowment
Permanent donated fund
scholarship · fellowship · award · legacy · inheritance · bounty · alms · benefaction · stipend · contribution
generosity
Readiness to give freely
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
liberality · largesse · openhandedness · graciousness · philanthropy · altruism · charity · kindness · bountifulness · selflessness
giving
Transferring to another
- grantingGiving formally or officially
- conferringGiving or discussing formally
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
awarding · bequeathing · endowing · donating · dispensing · imparting · entrusting · allocating · distributing · gifting
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
bestowerreceiver
One who accepts transmission
recipient · beneficiary · grantee · donee · legatee
bestowertaker
One who accepts
depriver · withholder · confiscator · dispossessor · seizer
bestowerantagonist
One who opposes another
harmer · persecutor · tormentor · oppressor · withholder
bestow, bestowed, bestowing, bestowal, bestows, bestowment, bestowers