CATER (TO) Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

cater (to)

verb

Definition of cater (to)

as in to humor

to give in to (a desire) the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth

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Difficult material, yes—but somehow Sandler injects snap and humor into these pages, whether they’re set at the welfare office or on the road in the Dominican Republic, making this a true pleasure to read.

— Nicholas Boggs, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Just as the story mines humor from the collision of old-fashioned ways with a modern frankness, Paul’s score combines the appeal of jaunty golden-age sounds with a freshness that feels present day.

— Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of humor

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To satisfy its voracity for billions of pages, Anthropic started out by placing mass orders with wholesalers, before turning to individual and secondhand booksellers to help fill in the gaps.

— Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
There are other ways to provide enrichment, like rotating toys every day to stimulate exploration, using puzzle feeder dishes to satisfy hunting behaviors and playing videos for your cat showing birds or fish.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of satisfy

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David Szondy/New Atlas The main drawback of all this is that paratroopers must still be dropped from an aircraft, which is often visible enough to spoil the whole stealth thing.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
To say more about director George Roy Hill’s remarkably gratifying thriller would risk spoiling it.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of spoil

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