PENSIONER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The beneficiary of a pension fund

Synonyms:

pensionary; pensioner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

beneficiary; donee (the recipient of funds or other benefits)

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

old-age pensioner (an old person who receives an old-age pension)

Derivation:

pension (grant a pension to)