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 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, 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 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, 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, 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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How to use dish in a sentence?

1. Brandon Cook:

   Our crispy Brussels sprouts is a favorite dish on our menu, and it’s perfect for fall when Brussels Sprouts are in peak season, we fry our Brussels sprouts which adds a beautiful nutty, earthy almost roasted flavor but also gives them a wonderful crispiness.

2. Bob Palay:

   This allows us to explore in depth how different diseases affect different people, in this case malaria, this allows you to study it in a dish and find new drugs.

3. Greg Lipper:

   Even the best run, most humane, most medically up to date jail is a giant petri dish. You have lots and lots of people living in close quarters. Social distancing is virtually impossible, most jails, especially city jails, have a lot of people going in and out. DC is no different.

4. Francesco Agopyan:

   It has the typical sweetness of a crab, combined with a sapid, savory flavor due to the saltiness of the lagoon waters, it is a very popular dish, especially among Venetians but also by others. It's a special dish.

5. Roger Entner:

   Time in winding down for Dish, if they don't find a way to build a network, they lose their spectrum.