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. Manisha Koirala:

   I can't see myself changing nappies and cooking dinner for too long. I'm too independent to live off a man's earnings.

2. 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.'.

3. Sarah Besocke:

   You want your kids to come to dinner hungry so they eat your healthy meal, the only exception is that if they don’t eat their vegetables at dinner because they fill up on them before, that’s OK with me.

4. Michael Caputo:

   As I mentioned before, I had one discussion with Donald Trump about Russia. That was in 2013 over a dinner conversation, where Trump Jr. simply asked me what it was like to live there, i believe within 30 seconds our conversation switched to the thing that we both love the most, and that's the Buffalo Bills.

5. Nell Rona:

   Place a grocery order by 10 a.m. and get items by dinner, or order by 10 p.m. and get items by breakfast.