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board

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of board

1 a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

  • a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers
Synonyms of board

association, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
Words Related to board

collective, commune, community, cooperative

alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership

body, cadre, group

circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set

crew, outfit, party, squad, team

branch, chapter, local

faithful, fold, membership

sisterhood, sorority

cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy

band, gang, ring

cartel, combine, syndicate

2 a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food

  • in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the innʼs finest board
Synonyms of board

table
Words Related to board

coffee table, refectory table, tea table

bar, counter

buffet, sideboard, side table

bed table, card table

board

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of board

1 to provide food or meals for

  • housed and boarded many foster children over the years
Synonyms of board

cater, feed, provision, victual
Words Related to board

serve, wait

nourish, nurture, sustain

banquet, dine, feast, regale

mess

batten, fatten, fill

force-feed, overfeed, surfeit

underfeed

hand-feed, spoon-feed

refeed, reprovision

2 to provide with living quarters or shelter

  • boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found
Synonyms of board

accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in
Words Related to board

ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent

barrack

bed (down)
Near Antonyms of board

eject, evict

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