raiser

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   Someone or something that lifts, grows, collects or brings up something, nearly always as the last part of a compound word.

   Grammar: Rarely stands alone; it follows another word: fundraiser, hell-raiser.

   Patterns

   • a raiser of something

   The school hired a professional fundraiser to organize the auction.

   My uncle is a raiser of sheep and a keen amateur potter.

   The new law was a big revenue raiser for the city.

2. 2nouncountableinformal

   An event held specifically to gather money for a cause, often written as the second half of a compound such as fund-raiser.

   Grammar: In this sense it names the event: a fundraiser on Saturday.

   Patterns

   • a raiser for something

   The pancake breakfast was a great fundraiser for the library.

   We are planning a quiz night as a raiser for the animal shelter.

Word forms

Common combinations

fundraiser

The fundraiser brought in over two thousand dollars.

hell-raiser

He was a notorious hell-raiser in his youth.

curtain-raiser

The short film was a curtain-raiser for the main feature.

eyebrow-raiser

The price of the ticket was a real eyebrow-raiser.

hair-raiser

The ghost story was a proper hair-raiser.

Synonyms and how they differ

lifter

A lifter physically picks things up, while raiser is usually figurative or part of a set compound.

breeder

A breeder raises animals for reproduction, which is narrower than a raiser of livestock.

collector

A collector gathers items or money, but it does not carry the event meaning that fundraiser does.

Opposites

Word family

raise verb

to lift or increase

raising noun

the act of lifting, rearing or collecting

fundraising noun

the activity of collecting money for a cause

upraise verb

to lift up, a rare literary word

Commonly confused: raiser or razor?

Practice

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