Synonyms for host
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1. host

   An army is an organized body of men armed for war, ordinarily considerable in numbers, always independent in organization so far as not to be a constituent part of any other command. Organization, unity, and independence, rather than numbers are the essentials of an army. We speak of the invading army of Cortes or Pizarro, tho either body was contemptible in numbers from a modern military standpoint. We may have a little army, a large army, or a vast army. Host is used for any vast and orderly assemblage; as, the stars are called the heavenly host. Multitude expresses number without order or organization; a multitude of armed men is not an army, but a mob. Legion (from the Latin) and phalanx (from the Greek) are applied by a kind of poetic license to modern forces; the plural legions is preferred to the singular. Military is a general word for land-forces; the military may include all the armed soldiery of a nation, or the term may be applied to any small detached company, as at a fort, in distinction from civilians. Any organized body of men by whom the law or will of a people is executed is a force; the word is a usual term for the police of any locality.

   Synonyms:
   armament, army, array, force, forces, legions, military, multitude, phalanx, soldiers, soldiery, troops

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1. host

   Synonyms:
   multitude, number, assemblage, army

   Antonyms:
   handful, sprinkling, knot, group, corps, section

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1. hostnoun

   a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

   Synonyms:
   legion, server, boniface, master of ceremonies, horde, innkeeper, emcee

   Antonyms:
   parasite

2. horde, host, legionnoun

   a vast multitude

   Synonyms:
   emcee, boniface, drove, innkeeper, swarm, legion, horde, server, master of ceremonies

   Antonyms:
   parasite

3. hostnoun

   an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

   Synonyms:
   legion, server, boniface, master of ceremonies, horde, innkeeper, emcee

   Antonyms:
   parasite

4. master of ceremonies, emcee, hostnoun

   a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

   Synonyms:
   emcee, boniface, server, innkeeper, legion, horde, master of ceremonies

   Antonyms:
   parasite

5. host, legionnoun

   archaic terms for army

   Synonyms:
   emcee, boniface, server, innkeeper, legion, horde, master of ceremonies

   Antonyms:
   parasite

6. hostnoun

   any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event

   "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

   Synonyms:
   legion, server, boniface, master of ceremonies, horde, innkeeper, emcee

   Antonyms:
   parasite

7. hostnoun

   (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

   Synonyms:
   legion, server, boniface, master of ceremonies, horde, innkeeper, emcee

   Antonyms:
   parasite

8. host, innkeeper, bonifacenoun

   the owner or manager of an inn

   Synonyms:
   emcee, boniface, server, innkeeper, legion, horde, master of ceremonies

   Antonyms:
   parasite

9. Hostnoun

   a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

   Synonyms:
   legion, server, boniface, master of ceremonies, horde, innkeeper, emcee

   Antonyms:
   parasite

10. server, hostverb

    (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

    Synonyms:
    emcee, boniface, server, innkeeper, waiter, legion, horde, master of ceremonies

    Antonyms:
    parasite

11. hostverb

    be the host of or for

    "We hosted 4 couples last night"

    Antonyms:
    parasite

Matched Categories

1. • Adult
   • Army
   • Bread
   • Entertain
   • Medicine
   • Multitude
   • Organism
   • Organization
   • Recipient

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1. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   entertainer

2. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   landlord, innkeeper

3. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   army, legion, armed force

4. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   multitude

5. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   consecrated wafer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hostnoun

   Synonyms:
   entertainer, landlord, hotel-keeper, multitude, throng, horde, army, legion

   Associated words:
   xenial

2. hostnoun

   Associated words:
   ciborium, pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium

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1. List of paraphrases for "host":

   hosts, reception, hospitality, hosting, homepage, receiver, receiving, guest, accommodate, visitor, foster, recipient, drop-in, home, crowd, multitude, hostess, hosted, welcome, organize, receivers, moderator, host-

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1. Andy Radford:

   If combined with habitat restoration and other conservation measures, rebuilding fish communities in this manner might accelerate ecosystem recovery, however, we still need to tackle a host of other threats including climate change, overfishing and water pollution in order to protect these fragile ecosystems.

2. Chief Executive Andy Parker:

   We are very confident on the outlook given the strength of the market and our bid pipeline to date the growth in the past year was pretty much across a whole host of our core markets and we are expecting low double-digit revenue growth again in 2015.

3. Jerry Seinfeld:

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4. Stockdale Walden:

   What happens is that the parasite gets into humans -- humans are not the host that it can complete its life cycle in, as opposed to being in a rat -- so when it gets in a human, it can get lost, and it will go to the brain, and it'll stay there, when it gets to the brain, you can have eosinophilic meningitis.

5. William Butler Yeats:

   You shall go with me, newly-married bride,And gaze upon a merrier multitude.White-armed Nuala, Aengus of the Birds,Feachra of the hurtling form, and himWho is the ruler of the Western Host,Finvara, and their Land of Heart's Desire.Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.