What are some opposite words for buffet?
Antonyms for buffet
ˈbʌf ɪtbuf·fet
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term buffet.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
buffet
A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.
Synonyms:
blow, box, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, stroke, thump
Princeton's WordNet
buffet, counter, sideboardnoun
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
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heel counter, parry, retort, tabulator, comeback, rejoinder, snack counter, sideboard, counter, return, counterpunch, riposte, replication, snack barbuffetnoun
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
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counter, snack bar, snack counter, sideboardsnack bar, snack counter, buffetverb
usually inexpensive bar
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snack bar, counter, sideboard, snack counterbuffet, knock about, batterverb
strike against forcefully
"Winds buffeted the tent"
Synonyms:
kick around, clobber, knock about, kick about, batter, baste, dinge, buffbuffet, buffverb
strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"
Synonyms:
batter, furbish, buff, burnish, knock about
How to use buffet in a sentence?
Good evening, I'm Kate McKinnon, and I missed book club for this, tonight you'll notice that between the candidates we've installed buffet style sneeze guards on account that one of you works for patient zero.
It seems to me that people would be delighted that Republicans have a whole buffet.
I was at a buffet and the staff encouraged me to try Russian food. I liked it. I did not even know what they ate in Russia, in Canada we have Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern food, but I've never seen Russian. Maybe I will look for a Russian restaurant - hopefully I can find one!
I'll lay their Christmas meal out like a buffet and make sure everything that they request is there.
Mr. Proto never said that Warren Buffet has bought an island in Greece. He said there was interest in offering an island to Mr. Buffett, and if the media report the news in a different way, (it) is not our responsibility.
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