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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How to use dinner in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. Try to please everybody."

2. Emily Rousell:

   The red plate is quick, it doesn't require any extra time when pulling dinner together, but it definitely serves its purpose, we make sure that in addition to something achievement-based, like a report card or a winning game, that it comes out to celebrate true effort and heart no matter the outcome.

3. Alec Baldwin:

   Here I am, staying in a fancy hotel, going out to dinner with my friends, hanging out, and we're doing our best to disseminate some information, but I'm on one end of the spectrum, and this is all new to me, i've done a lot of environmental work back home related to climate change. I've tried to be as big of a rock in (their) shoe as I can to the oil industry and the nuclear industry. I'm heavy-heavy coming down on extractive industries in the United States and abroad. But the plight of indigenous people -- which is why we're here -- I hadn't thought about this until now. I had no idea who Diana Rios was or who her father was -- and the guy was killed by hit men for illegal logging obligations.

4. Michael Douglas:

   She comes out for us to have a dinner one night and we all have dinner together and we are talking and knocking back some tequilas and this and that.

5. Karl Marx:

   In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.