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guarantor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡæɹəntə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /ˈɡæɹəntɔː(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G EH2 R AH0 N T AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person or company that provides a guarantee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surety, warrantor, warranter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: patron, sponsor, supporter

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَافِل (kāfil) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Bengali: জামিন (jamin) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Bulgarian: гара́нт (garánt) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Bulgarian: поръчи́тел (porǎčítel) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Bulgarian: поръчи́телка (porǎčítelka) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擔保人 /担保人 (dānbǎorén) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保證人 /保证人 (bǎozhèngrén) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Czech: ručitel — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Danish: garant — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Danish: kautionist — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Esperanto: garantianto — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Finnish: takaaja — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • German: Garant — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • German: Garantiegeber — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Ancient Greek: ἐγγυητής (enguētḗs) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Hebrew: עָרֵב (arév) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Hindi: प्रतिभू (pratibhū) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Hungarian: kezes — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Irish: urra — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Japanese: 保証人 (hoshōnin) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Latin: sponsor — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Latin: nōtor — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Macedonian: гара́нт (garánt) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Macedonian: за́ложник (záložnik) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Macedonian: жира́нт (žiránt) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Macedonian: ќе́фил (ḱéfil) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Malay: penjamin — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Manx: barrantagh — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: garantist — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: garantist — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Polish: gwarant — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Polish: gwarantka — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Portuguese: fiador — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Portuguese: avalista — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Romanian: garant — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Russian: гара́нт (garánt) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Russian: поручи́тель (poručítelʹ) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Russian: поручи́тельница (poručítelʹnica) — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Spanish: garante — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Spanish: fía — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Spanish: segurador — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Spanish: fiador — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Spanish: avalista — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Swedish: garant — person or company that provides a guarantee
  • Turkish: kefil — person or company that provides a guarantee