Now let me entertain you with music.
Source: tatoeba (43009)
Entertain
//ˌɛntəˈteɪn//
Synonyms for "entertain" (122 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (61)
hold on tohosthousehughutinquire intoinvitekeepkillknock deadlodgeloosen upmaintainnourishnursenurtureoccupyplaypleasepleasure
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presideput upquarterraise a laughraise a smilereceiverecreaterecreationrefreshregalerejoicerelaxrelaxationreliefroomsee aboutslaysleep onsleep uponsolacesportsupportsustaintaketake under advisementtake under considerationthink it overthrow a partytickletitillatetoleratetreasuretreasure uptreatwhilewow
Verb(5 words)
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas first_subevent
4 entrieshas last_subevent
5 entrieshas prerequisite
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
has subevent
12 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmotivated by_goal
15 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
99 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἑστιάω verb (to have over at one's home)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əyləndirmək verb (to amuse)
Belarusian
2 entries- ба́віць verb (to amuse)
- забаўля́ць verb (to amuse)
Bulgarian
3 entries- забавля́вам verb (to amuse)
- приемам гости verb (to have over at one's home)
- развлича́м verb (to amuse)
Catalan
3 entries- distreure verb (to amuse)
- divertir verb (to amuse)
- entretenir verb (to amuse)
Cornish
1 entries- didhana verb (to amuse)
Czech
1 entries- bavit verb (to amuse)
Danish
4 entries- beværte verb (to have over at one's home)
- fornøje verb (to amuse)
- lege med idéen om verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- tage under overvejelse verb (to receive and take into consideration)
Dutch
4 entries- (gasten thuis) ontvangen verb (to have over at one's home)
- amuseren verb (to amuse)
- in overweging nemen verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- te gast hebben verb (to have over at one's home)
Esperanto
4 entries- amuzi verb (to amuse)
- esplori verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- konsideri verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- pripensi verb (to receive and take into consideration)
Estonian
1 entries- lõbustama verb (to amuse)
Finnish
1 entries- viihdyttää verb (to amuse)
French
2 entries- divertir verb (to amuse)
- recevoir verb (to have over at one's home)
Galician
4 entries- distraer verb (to amuse)
- divertir verb (to amuse)
- entreter verb (to amuse)
- recibir verb (to have over at one's home)
German
1 entries- unterhalten verb (to amuse)
Hebrew
2 entries- ארח verb (to have over at one's home)
- בידר verb (to amuse)
Hindi
1 entries- बहलाना verb (to amuse)
Hungarian
4 entries- eljátszik a gondolattal verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- foglalkozik a gondolattal verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- fontolóra vesz verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- megfontol verb (to receive and take into consideration)
Ido
1 entries- amuzar verb (to amuse)
Irish
2 entries- cuir siamsaíocht ar fáil do verb (to amuse)
- déan siamsa do verb (to amuse)
Italian
2 entries- divertire verb (to amuse)
- intrattenere verb (to amuse)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- anima verb (to amuse)
- animá verb (to amuse)
Latin
3 entries- oblecto verb (to have over at one's home)
- oblectō verb (to amuse)
- remittor verb (to amuse)
Macedonian
1 entries- забавува verb (to amuse)
Mirandese
2 entries- adbertir verb (to amuse)
- antretener verb (to amuse)
Māori
4 entries- whakamanuhiri verb (to have over at one's home)
- whakamanuwhiri verb (to have over at one's home)
- whakangahau verb (to amuse)
- whakapārekareka verb (to amuse)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- underholde verb (to amuse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- underhalde verb (to amuse)
Old Irish
1 entries- ar·peti verb (to amuse)
Polish
4 entries- bawić verb (to amuse)
- bawić verb (to have over at one's home)
- brać pod uwagę verb (to receive and take into consideration)
- gościć verb (to have over at one's home)
Portuguese
2 entries- divertir verb (to amuse)
- entreter verb (to amuse)
Romanian
1 entries- distra verb (to amuse)
Russian
4 entries- забавля́ть verb (to amuse)
- позаба́вить verb (to amuse)
- принима́ть госте́й verb (to have over at one's home)
- развле́чь verb (to amuse)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zàbaviti verb (to amuse)
- zàbavljati verb (to amuse)
- за̀бавити verb (to amuse)
- за̀бављати verb (to amuse)
Slovak
2 entries- baviť verb (to amuse)
- zabávať verb (to amuse)
Slovene
1 entries- zabavati verb (to amuse)
Spanish
3 entries- bayear verb (to amuse)
- divertir verb (to amuse)
- entretener verb (to amuse)
Swahili
1 entries- tumbuiza verb (to amuse)
Swedish
2 entries- roa verb (to amuse)
- underhålla verb (to amuse)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ба́вити verb (to amuse)
- забавля́ти verb (to amuse)
- розважа́ти verb (to amuse)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giải trí verb (to amuse)
- tiêu khiển verb (to amuse)
Welsh
1 entries- diddori verb (to amuse)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I cannot entertain such a request.
Source: tatoeba (54613)
My cat is very anxious to entertain me.
Source: tatoeba (251561)
They gave a play to entertain their teachers.
Source: tatoeba (307002)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.