Synonyms of invitation

invitation

noun

1

as in invite

a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place

She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation.

Related Words

• invite
• date
• interview
• meeting
• visit
• schedule
• engagement
• arrangement
• get-together
• summons
• appointment
• call
• process
• rendezvous
• subpoena
• assignation
• tryst

2

as in incentive

something that arouses action or activity

He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path.

Related Words

• incentive
• encouragement
• impetus
• occasion
• fuel
• catalyst
• spark
• motivation
• provocation
• inducement
• inspiration
• momentum
• driver
• incitement
• spur
• yeast
• stimulus
• generator
• incitation
• catalyzer
• instigation
• goad
• boost
• power
• trigger
• executor
• stimulant
• consideration
• activator
• mover
• launcher
• cause
• instigator
• grounds
• animator
• energizer
• antecedent
• motive
• reason

Dissimilar Words

• disincentive
• counterincentive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invitation

The bride also put particular care into the invitations and paper goods throughout the weekend, hiring calligrapher Emily Snyder to create playful illustrations for the designs. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Venus in your home zone forms an awkward connection to Uranus in your community sector, making an invitation, friend’s request, or unexpected opportunity harder to ignore. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

So that’s already an invitation to go there and try to understand. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

But this just felt like a really nice throughline from the opening of the raven flying across America, dropping the invitations, and this is like their RSVP. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026