Home › Words › B › borroweeborroweeborrowee means one from whom something is borrowed; a lender.EtymologyFrom borrow + -ee.nounOne from whom something is borrowed; a lender.e.g.“Around here, when a man borrows something, he should promptly return it without the borrowee having to ask.” — 2010, G. C. Gregory, Ghost of the Snowlands, page 90:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.borrower 90% match — One who borrows. vs borrowee →loanee 78% match — borrower; someone who is loaned something vs borrowee →loaner 74% match — One who loans; a lender. vs borrowee →nonborrower 71% match — One who is not a borrower, who does not borrow money. vs borrowee →mortgager 66% match — One who uses property they own as security for a loan: the borrower in a mortgage agreement. vs borrowee →microborrower 65% match — A person who borrows a microloan. vs borrowee →borrowship 65% match — Suretyship or the act of borrowing. vs borrowee →loanholder 64% match — One who takes out a loan. vs borrowee →