benefactor

Other forms of benefactor

plural

benefactors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about benefactor

What does benefactor mean?

benefactor means "a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)".

How many syllables are in benefactor?

benefactor has 4 syllables: ben-e-fac-tor. The stress falls on "ben". In IPA it is /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/.

What is another word for benefactor?

Close synonyms include helper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benefactor a common word?

benefactor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with benefactor?

2 words rhyme with benefactor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.