LENDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

Synonyms:

lender; loaner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lender" is a kind of...):

investor (someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lender"):

pawnbroker (a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security)

loan shark; moneylender; shylock; usurer (someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest)

Antonym:

borrower (someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent)

Derivation:

lend (give temporarily; let have for a limited time)