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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in encouragement

something that arouses action or activity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encouragement
• incentive
• 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disincentive
• counterincentive

Examples of invitation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An Argentine filmmaker, unable to finish editing a movie about his unrequited first love, receives an unexpected invitation to revisit his past, reconstruct his memories, and perhaps even find a new ending to the story. —Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024

Plus, the Rebels would accept an invitation without hesitation. —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024

After her dance career ended, Benefield accepted an invitation to join Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign as a staffer. —Brooke Stangeland, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024

However, some people have taken the vagus nerve’s expansive bodily influence as an invitation to engage in pseudoscience. —R. Douglas Fields, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024