Synonyms for dinner
ˈdɪn ərdin·ner

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. dinnernoun

   The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

   Synonyms:
   supper

2. dinnernoun

   A midday meal .

   Synonyms:
   luncheon, lunch

3. dinnernoun

   A meal given to an animal.

   Give the dog its dinner.

   Synonyms:
   chow

4. dinnernoun

   A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

   Synonyms:
   luncheon, banquet

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. dinnernoun

   the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

   "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

   Synonyms:
   dinner party

2. dinner, dinner partynoun

   a party of people assembled to have dinner together

   "guests should never be late to a dinner party"

   Synonyms:
   dinner party

Matched Categories

1. • Meal

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. dinnernoun

   Associated words:
   prandial, post-prandial, croupier, ante-prandial, dine, diner

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "dinner":

   supper, lunch, dine, diner, luncheon, meals, meal, dinnertime, dining, banquet, ner, dined, restaurant, eat

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1. Amy Brandwein:

   Sometimes I make pasta in the morning, dinner seems to start for people now at 4:30, that's when the to-go and delivery orders started coming in. It's like everyone's so bored they can't wait to start dinner. For me, it's a much shorter day since coronavirus, by the clock -- but a much longer day by every other measure.

2. Jack Osbourne:

   I never went to work sober. I never went to dinner sober. I didn't do anything sober. So to do things [sober] for the first time again… that was really scary.

3. Cory Booker:

   Well, if I'm president, one of the things I am going to do is invite him over for dinner.

4. William Shatner:

   It's gon na get worse ! it's like somebody owing money on a mortgage, and they don't have the payments and they think,' Oh well, let's go to dinner and not think about it.'.

5. Le Corre:

   There's a strong rapport on the anti-jihadist war and that will continue because France, of course, is at the core of this, both on its territory and in the Middle East, and Trump -- to him, White House state dinner's very important. Donald Trump thinks there are terrorists everywhere, even with relatively few attacks in the US compared to Europe.