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feast

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of feast

1 a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment

  • some 90 Native Americans showed up for the feast put on by the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Synonyms of feast

banquet, dinner, feed, regale, spread
Words Related to feast

chow, mess, repast, table

blowout, carnival, festival, fete (or fête), gala, party, shindig

festivity

barbecue (also barbeque), clambake, cookout, fry, luau, roast

buffet, luncheon, smorgasbord

2 a source of great satisfaction

  • the colorful Mardi Gras parade is a feast for the senses
Synonyms of feast

delectation, delight, gas [slang], joy, kick, manna, pleasure, treat
Words Related to feast

amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, recreation

comfort, relief, solace

gratification, indulgence

ambrosia

3 an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet oneʼs needs

  • on the Internet there's a feast of information about this medical condition
Synonyms of feast

abundance, cornucopia, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, plethora, superabundance, wealth
Words Related to feast

adequacy, competence, competency, sufficiency

ampleness, amplitude, liberality

excess, overdose, overflow, overkill, oversupply, redundancy, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit, surplus

copiousness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, opulence, richness

lavishness, luxuriance
Phrases Synonymous with feast

embarrassment of riches
Near Antonyms of feast

paucity, poverty, scarcity

barrenness, infertility, sterility
Antonyms of feast

deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, undersupply

feast

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of feast

1 to entertain with a fancy meal

  • the returning war heroes were feasted all over the country
Synonyms of feast

banquet, dine, junket, regale
Words Related to feast

board, cater, feed, provision

fete (or fête), honor, recognize

2 to give satisfaction to

  • feast your eyes on all the fresh flowers at the farmers' market
Synonyms of feast

agree (with), content, delight, gas [slang], glad [archaic], gladden, gratify, please, pleasure, rejoice, satisfy, suit, warm
Words Related to feast

appease, mollify, pacify, placate, soothe

assuage, quench, sate, satiate

excite, tickle, titillate

amuse, divert, entertain, treat

captivate, charm

galvanize, thrill

calm, comfort

cater (to), humor, indulge

coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
Near Antonyms of feast

aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, perturb, pique, put out, ruffle, vex

anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam up

provoke, rouse

agitate, distress, disturb, fret, upset

harass, harry, pester

affront, insult, offend
Antonyms of feast

displease

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