Synonyms for dish
dɪʃdish

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1. dishnoun

   Synonyms:
   plate, plateful, fox, dishful, babe

2. dishnoun

   To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

   The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.

   Synonyms:
   dishful, plate, plateful, babe, fox

3. dishnoun

   The contents of such a vessel.

   a dish of stew

   Synonyms:
   dishful, plateful, babe, fox, plate

4. dishnoun

   A specific type of prepared food.

   Synonyms:
   plate, plateful, babe, fox, dishful

5. dishnoun

   Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

   It's your turn to wash the dishes.

   Synonyms:
   fox, babe, dishful, plateful, plate

6. dishnoun

   a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish, radar dish

   Synonyms:
   fox, plate, plateful, babe, dishful

7. dishnoun

   A sexually attractive person.

   Synonyms:
   babe, fox, plate, dishful, plateful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dishnoun

   a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

   "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"

   Synonyms:
   dish aerial, bag, stunner, sweetheart, dish antenna, dishful, peach, ravisher, mantrap, beauty, cup of tea, looker, knockout, lulu, saucer, smasher

2. dishnoun

   a particular item of prepared food

   "she prepared a special dish for dinner"

   Synonyms:
   dish aerial, bag, stunner, sweetheart, dish antenna, dishful, peach, ravisher, mantrap, beauty, cup of tea, looker, knockout, lulu, saucer, smasher

3. dish, dishfulnoun

   the quantity that a dish will hold

   "they served me a dish of rice"

   Synonyms:
   sweetheart, stunner, lulu, bag, mantrap, cup of tea, smasher, beauty, saucer, dish aerial, looker, ravisher, dishful, knockout, peach, dish, dish antenna

4. smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dishnoun

   a very attractive or seductive looking woman

   Synonyms:
   apricot, bag, mantrap, violator, dishful, hit, dish aerial, viewer, smash, peach tree, truelove, beauty, salmon pink, strike, kayo, watcher, saucer, peach, yellowish pink, cup of tea, looker, debaucher, sweetheart, spectator, smasher, stunner, ravisher, witness, steady, beaut, sweetie, dish antenna, bang, lulu, dish, knockout

5. dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucernoun

   directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

   Synonyms:
   sweetheart, stunner, disc, lulu, bag, mantrap, cup of tea, smasher, disk, beauty, saucer, dish aerial, looker, discus, ravisher, dishful, knockout, peach, dish, dish antenna

6. cup of tea, bag, dishverb

   an activity that you like or at which you are superior

   "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

   Synonyms:
   sweetheart, stunner, old bag, peach, bag, handbag, cup of tea, udder, base, smasher, dishful, beauty, saucer, travelling bag, mantrap, dish aerial, looker, pocketbook, purse, bagful, ravisher, grip, traveling bag, knockout, dish, lulu, suitcase, dish antenna

7. serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dishverb

   provide (usually but not necessarily food)

   "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"

   Synonyms:
   serve, process, parcel out, help, dish up, answer, lot, dish out, function, mete out, attend to, dispense, deal out, suffice, attend, dole out, service, assist, serve up, allot, administer, wait on, serve well, swear out, dish, distribute, do, shell out, deal

8. dishverb

   make concave; shape like a dish

   Synonyms:
   serve up, dish up, dish out, serve

Matched Categories

1. • Container
   • Directional Antenna
   • Dishware
   • Nutriment
   • Shape

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dishnoun

   Synonyms:
   PLATTER

2. dishnoun

   Synonyms:
   viand, article of food

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1. dishnoun

   Synonyms:
   vessel, utensil, receptacle

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

1. List of paraphrases for "dish":

   parabolic, flat, saucer, capsule, parable, plat, plate, dishes, receptacle, reflector, antenna, platter

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1. Paul Pairet:

   A lot of the dishes are based on memories, it's a caricature interpretation of the most caricature dish inside a caricature of the environment.

2. John:

   Gruyere is a very fine cheese that has a rather mellow texture. It is commonly used to euxanthate a dish rather than overpower the flavors.

3. Vicky Lau:

   I'm particularly drawn to this dish because I've always heard a lot about dragon well and prawns together, i never understood why.

4. Melaina Lewis:

   Featuring Maine Lobster as the marquee dish during a State Dinner at the White House sends a message that it is one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world, not to mention delicious, it is our hope that the President will share the story of this iconic fishery with his guests and redouble efforts to protect the livelihoods of the men and women who harvest and maintain the resource.

5. Restaurant Kin:

   The cuisine is very unique. This Easter , D’Silva can have one dish in Singapore, but This Easter , D’Silva have five different ways of preparing it, and no one is wrong because every ethnicity puts in their own story and ingredients.