Synonyms of dinner

dinner

noun

ˈdi-nər 

as in banquet

a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment

there will be a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant for the entire team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banquet
• feast
• barbecue
• feed
• gala
• festival
• repast
• party
• spread
• roast
• regale
• luncheon
• table
• chow
• buffet
• carnival
• blowout
• fete
• festivity
• fry
• mess
• shindig
• cookout
• clambake
• luau
• smorgasbord

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dinner

Filling out my family’s daily pursuits (Ultimate Frisbee practice, choir lessons, dinners out) is a family ritual. — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

If your dinner will be more formal, gourds and pumpkins can be spray painted or dipped in gold. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

In April 2025, Huang attended a $1 million-per-person dinner at Mar-a-Lago, after which the administration briefly held off on restricting Nvidia's H20 chips before imposing the limits days later. — Luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026

After grieving her husband’s death last season, Ada is finding a new sense of confidence which includes saying no to funding Agnes’s presidential dinner. — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026