HOSTESSES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

hostesses

noun

plural of hostess

as in hosts

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Noun

Conference agreements are often nonbinding, and past hosts have been criticized for failing to follow through on promises.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Popular iHeartRadio hosts and other social media personalities have been promoting them online as well.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of hosts

Noun

Undeterred, Ghidorah returned for a rematch just a year later in Invasion of Astro Monster (1965), after being discovered supposedly terrorizing the inhabitants of Planet X, a world found beyond Jupiter.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
This year’s number one restaurant and also the Best Restaurant in Europe is Asador Etxebarri, which calls Atxondo, a village of less than 1,500 inhabitants in Spain’s Basque Country, home.

— Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

As a developer works to ease intense public pushback to its potential data center in Cromwell, residents in a town 30 miles to the north are campaigning to block similar operations from even being proposed in their community.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
SpaceX needs permission from Cochise County, where the proposal has drawn opposition from some residents.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

Witnesses described occupants of two vehicles shooting at each other, before speeding off.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
In the European Union, car occupants die at roughly 28 times the rate of rail passengers, according to 2019 European Commission figures.

— Eric D. Goodman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2026

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