Synonyms for donation
- noun
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
Related words
- Word family
- donationware donate
Forms
- Plural
- donations → contributions, gifts, bequests, grants…
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A donation is something, perhaps of great, never of trivial value, given usually on some public ground, as to a cause or to a person representing a cause, but not necessarily of value beyond the immediate present; as, a donation to a pastor.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gift That's the most beautiful gift I've ever received.
- grant My father, God grant him peace, was an accountant.
- contribution Your contribution to the school is tax-deductible.
- bequest He left a large bequest to the Mozilla Foundation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| donation | rising | |
| gift | rising | |
| grant | falling | |
| contribution | falling | |
| bequest | falling | |
| benefaction | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gift1, dole1
- 5 letters
- grant1
- 7 letters
- present2, bequest2
- 8 letters
- offering3, gratuity4, donative
- 11 letters
- benefaction
- 12 letters
- contribution4, presentation4, subscription3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (present2 = 2 syllables).