Synonyms for reception
rɪˈsɛp ʃənre·cep·tion

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1. receptionnoun

   The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

   Synonyms:
   front desk

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1. reception

   Synonyms:
   admission, admittance, acceptance, acceptation, entertainment

   Antonyms:
   denial, protest, repudiation, rejection, nonacceptance, dismissal, discardment, renunciation, abjuration

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1. reception, responsenoun

   the manner in which something is greeted

   "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"

   Synonyms:
   reaction, response, receipt, reply, answer

2. receptionnoun

   a formal party of people; as after a wedding

   Synonyms:
   response, receipt

3. receptionnoun

   quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

   Synonyms:
   response, receipt

4. reception, receiptnoun

   the act of receiving

   Synonyms:
   response, receipt

5. receptionnoun

   (American football) the act of catching a pass in football

   "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"

   Synonyms:
   response, receipt

Matched Categories

1. • American Football
   • Acquiring
   • Broadcasting
   • Catch
   • Party

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1. receptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   receiving, acceptance, receipt, admission

2. receptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   welcome, entertainment, party, levee, SOIRÉE

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1. receptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   receipt, receiving, levee, soirée, function, acceptance, welcome, admittance

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1. List of paraphrases for "reception":

   receipt, host, receiving, hospitality, home, type-approval, hosting, homepage, receive, idrc.ca, visitor, foster, received, drop-in, acceptance, receptions, réception

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1. Andrew Schneider:

   Hey, what do you think drives all this grey matter up here Electricity. It's brain waves surfing on synaptic junctions. If your radio can go out because of sun spots, why can't your cerebellum It's all a matter of reception and it seems to me these signals are going to get crossed somehow. It's all logical.

2. Mark Svensson:

   We were actually planning a big wedding reception and honeymoon, we realized that our way of celebrating our love would be different, and we came up with 50 Acts of Giving Back.

3. Ben Silverman:

   If I shot nine-under in Texas like this I wouldn't get the same kind of reception.

4. Jeff Kaufmann:

   I've been meeting and interviewing and having events with these individuals literally for over a year now, we just had Tim Scott from South Carolina up here. Tim Scott from South Carolina really connected with Iowa GOP members, Iowa GOP members. [ Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN ] Nikki Haley was just up here in Dubuque. She had the crowds listening to her every word. Rick Scott has been up here a couple of times. Tom Cotton has probably been up here the most and has crisscrossed, I don't know, [ about ] of a quarter of the state. Mike Pompeo is getting a really good reception. The former vice president [ Pence ] is here again … and he'll be coming back again, I know, in the not-too-distant future.

5. Patrick Henry:

   Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugationthe last arguments to which kings resort.