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dinner

[din-er] / ˈdɪn ər /
NOUN
evening meal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banquet feast supper
STRONG
blowout chow collation eats feedbag fete potluck refection repast ribs spread
WEAK
din-din main meal major munch principal meal regale table d'hôte

Example Sentences

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One night over dinner, I admitted to my husband that I felt stalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

They hosted dinner parties with tech moguls with hopes that new billionaires would get involved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Your heart is blown to pieces but do you still need to eat dinner and go to work so I'm not stylistically chasing silence, just representing the truth of it."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Barr, speaking at a Brookings Institution dinner, called Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the central bank, “well qualified” and said he “knows the terrain.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

At long last we heard the dinner bell sound from the house.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.