Synonyms for entertain
ˌɛn tərˈteɪn

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. entertain(verb)

   provide entertainment for

   Synonyms:
   flirt with, think about, nurse, harbour, toy with, hold, think of, harbor

2. entertain, think of, toy with, flirt with, think about(verb)

   take into consideration, have in view

   "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

   Synonyms:
   dream up, mean, harbour, concoct, think about, repute, esteem, hold, hatch, remember, think up, harbor, have in mind, regard as, flirt with, look on, toy with, nurse, look upon, think of, take to be

3. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse(verb)

   maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

   "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, suck, deem, hold up, toy with, arrest, breastfeed, take, have, concord, think about, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, suckle, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, lactate, confine, have got, restrain, wet-nurse, withstand, agree, hold in, flirt with, halt, contain, think of, concur, maintain, guard, shield, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, declare, give suck, bear

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. entertain

   To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.

   Synonyms:
   amuse, beguile, cheer, delight, disport, divert, enliven, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate

   Antonyms:
   annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. entertain

   Synonyms:
   harbor, maintain, conceive, foster, receive, recreate, amuse

   Antonyms:
   eject, exclude, deny, debar, annoy, weary, bore, tire

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. entertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   lodge, treat hospitably, show hospitality to, receive as a guest

2. entertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   feed, maintain, support

3. entertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   hold, cherish, harbor

4. entertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   take into consideration

5. entertain(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   divert, amuse, please

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. entertain(v)

   Synonyms:
   divert, amuse, please, junket, beguile, cheer, harbor, hold, lodge

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   amuse, distract, entertaining, hear

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How to use entertain in a sentence?

1. Anuj Somany:

   A politics is just a vain blame game where all players are largely the same irrespective of their place and position on either side of the field and they just entertain the population through debate and discussion.

2. William Hurt:

   What this project does is it moves the future into our living room and asks questions in a blunt and organic way about what our visceral reactions would be, which is the best way to entertain your imagination of what this whole issue is about.

3. Greg Chen:

   There has been a noticeable change since the administration took over of greater reluctance, if not outright unwillingness, by ICE to entertain or grant bond.

4. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.

5. John Selden:

   Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.

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