banqueting

verb

present participle of banquet
as in dining
to entertain with a fancy meal banqueted the returning troops at the military base

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banqueting
  1. dining
  2. feasting
  3. feeding
  4. honoring
  5. regaling
  6. catering
Verb
  • Romance rumors sparked in early October 2023 when the pair were spotted dining together at Via Carota in New York City’s West Village.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • When the events hit this season, dining rooms from New York to Houston to Philadelphia will fill up with diners chasing prix fixe menus and a chance to try somewhere new without the usual bill.
    — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of dining
Verb
  • The resulting maggots hatch within a day and begin ravenously feasting on the living flesh of their victims.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Now, as then, the division’s richest are feasting on the rest.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of feasting
Verb
  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Now, Summer House is the show feeding the great maw of the Bravoverse.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeding
Verb
  • This structure provides favorable tax treatment and keeps the collection intact, honoring the collector's vision.
    — Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The drummer added that Roth taking offense to the idea of honoring Eddie upset him, and the two got into a fight.
    — Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of honoring
Verb
  • One morning earlier this week, Thomas Lupo, the president and CEO of the American Wood Column Corporation, was in his office regaling two young entrepreneurs with tales of his 110-year-old family business.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 June 2026
  • His mind was as sharp as a tack, again regaling us with amazing hockey stories.
    — Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of regaling
Verb
  • Airline catering workers have filed a new safety complaint against Flying Food Group, alleging they were exposed to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions at facilities serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
    — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While catering an event in New York, she was approached by the president of Crown Publishers to write a cookbook for them; in 1982, Entertaining became a bestseller.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of catering
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“Banqueting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banqueting. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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