| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate visitors |
Synonyms: |
admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do, have a get-together, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check, pop for, put up, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for, throw a party, treat, welcome, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
refuse, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a great amount or very well |
Synonyms: |
banquet, dine, eat sumptuously, entertain, gorge, gormandize, indulge, overindulge, regale, stuff, stuff one's face, treat, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
abstain, fast |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
Synonyms: |
banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
starve |
| Main Entry: | fete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw a party for someone |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, entertain, feast, festival, hold reception for, holiday, honor, lionize, make much of, roll out the red carpet, treat, wine and dine |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
| Main Entry: | host |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain, accommodate |
Synonyms: |
do the honors, introduce, pick up the check, present, receive, spread oneself, throw a party, treat, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay the bill for someone else |
Synonyms: |
amuse, blow, buy for, divert, entertain, escort, feast, foot the bill, give, indulge, pay for, pick up the check, pick up the tab, play host, provide, regale, satisfy, set up, spring for, stake, stand*, take out, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | wine and dine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain in style |
Synonyms: |
cook for, feast, feed, fete, have to dinner, mess, regale |