recipient

noun

1. a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.

adjective

2. receiving or capable of receiving.

noun

1. a person who or thing that receives

adjective

2. a less common word for receptive

n.

1550s, from Middle French récipient (16c.) and directly from Latin recipientem (nominative recipiens), present participle of recipere (see receive). As an adjective from 1610s. Related: Recipience; recipiency.

adj.

1. Functioning as a receiver; receptive.

n.

1. One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.