Host

//həʊst//

Synonyms for "host" (222 found)

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Strong matches (66)

Related words (111)

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Translations

415 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • gasheer noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gasvrou noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ξενοδόκος noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • ἑστιάτωρ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Arabic

4 entries
  • آدِب noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • جَيْش noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • جُنْد noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • مُسْتَضِيف noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Armenian

2 entries
  • զորք noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • նշխար noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܓܲܝܣܵܐ noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܝܵܬܹܐ noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܹܐ noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • aparmaq verb (perform the role of a host)

Bats

1 entries
  • მასპიჼძელ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • гаспада́р noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • гаспада́рка noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Bengali

3 entries
  • মেজবান noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • মেজবান noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • মেজবান noun (moderator)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • водещ noun (moderator)
  • войска noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • домакин noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • домакин noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Catalan

4 entries
  • amfitriona noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • amfitrió noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • host noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • hoste noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 主人 noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • 主持人 noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • 主機 /主机 noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • 聖體 /圣体 noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Czech

4 entries
  • hostitel noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • hostitel noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • pořadatel noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • hostit verb (perform the role of a host)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • bluta noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Danish

4 entries
  • hostie noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • oblat noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • vært noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • vært noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Dutch

4 entries
  • berg noun (large number of items)
  • drager noun (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material)
  • gastgever noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • gastgever noun (moderator)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • gastiganto noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gastiganto noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • hostio noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • gastigi verb (perform the role of a host)

Evenki

1 entries
  • эден noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Faroese

1 entries
  • vertur noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ehtoollisleipä noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • isäntä noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • isäntä noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • isäntä noun (moderator)

French

4 entries
  • amphitryon noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • animateur noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • armée noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • hostie noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Galician

4 entries
  • anfitrión noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • anfitrión noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • anfitrión noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • anfitrión noun (computing: computer attached to a network)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მასპინძელი noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

German

4 entries
  • Bewirter noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • Gastgeber noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • Heer noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • Hostie noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Greek

4 entries
  • αντίδωρο noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • διοργανωτής noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • κεντρικός υπολογιστής noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • ξενιστής noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • qaaqqusisoq noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מארח noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • מארחים noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • מנחה noun (moderator)
  • פֻּנְדְּקַאי noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अतिथिपति noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • अतिथिपति noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • आतिथेय noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • आतिथेयी noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • gazda noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • gazdagép noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • gazdaszervezet noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • gazdaszámítógép noun (computing: computer attached to a network)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • gestgjafi noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • hýsill noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • kynnir noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • hýsa verb (perform the role of a host)

Ido

1 entries
  • hosto noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • hos noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • hosti noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • inang noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • pejamu noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • hospitero noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Irish

2 entries
  • abhlann noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • óstach noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Italian

4 entries
  • anfitrione noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • host noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • moderatore noun (moderator)
  • organizzatore noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ホスト noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • 主人 noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • 主催者 noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • 司会 noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Korean

2 entries
  • 주인 noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • 호스트 noun (computing: computer attached to a network)

Ladino

2 entries
  • balabay noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • balabaya noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Latin

4 entries
  • dissignātor noun (moderator)
  • hospes noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • hospes noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • hospita noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Latvian

4 entries
  • namamāte noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • namatēvs noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • saimnieks noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • saimnieks noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • во́дител noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • во́дител noun (moderator)
  • води́телка noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • води́телка noun (moderator)

Malay

3 entries
  • pengacara noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • perumah noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • tuan rumah noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Marathi

1 entries
  • होस्ट noun (computing: computer attached to a network)

Middle English

2 entries
  • herberjour noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • hoste noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • მენძელი noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Māori

4 entries
  • kaitaurima noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • mano noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • nihowera noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • rauropi papa noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Nanai

1 entries
  • эден noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • djeyshi noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Nivkh

2 entries
  • ызӈ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • ыс noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Northern Sami

3 entries
  • doalloeamit noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • doalloisit noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • guossoheaddji noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • vert noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • vert noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • vert noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • vert noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • vert noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • vert noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • vert noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • vert noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)

Occitan

1 entries
  • acomodar verb (perform the role of a host)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • herr noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Pashto

2 entries
  • کوربه noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • کوربه noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Persian

1 entries
  • میزبان noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Polish

4 entries
  • gospodarz noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gospodarz noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • host noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • hostia noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • anfitrião noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • anfitrião noun (moderator)
  • anfitrião noun (computing: computer attached to a network)
  • apresentador noun (moderator)

Romanian

4 entries
  • amfitrion noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gazdă noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • moderatoare noun (moderator)
  • moderator noun (moderator)

Romansch

2 entries
  • ospitant noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • ospitanta noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Russian

4 entries
  • веду́щий noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • веду́щий noun (moderator)
  • во́йско noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • гла́вная ЭВМ noun (computing: computer attached to a network)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • domaćinica noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • domàćin noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gȁzda noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gȁzdarica noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • partìcula noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hostiteľ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Slovene

4 entries
  • gostítelj noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • gostítelj noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • gostítelj noun (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism)
  • gostíteljica noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Spanish

4 entries
  • almahala (disused) noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • almofalla (disused) noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • anfitriona noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)
  • anfitrión noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Svan

1 entries
  • მა̈სძელ noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Swedish

4 entries
  • här noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • oblat noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • otal noun (large number of items)
  • rad noun (large number of items)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ostiya noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நடத்து verb (perform the role of a host)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ev sahibi noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Udi

1 entries
  • нишкъатӏ noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎕𐎁𐎜 noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бе́зліч noun (large number of items)
  • ві́йсько noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
  • господа́р noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • господа́рка noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hosćićel noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Urdu

1 entries
  • میزبان noun (person or organisation responsible for running an event)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bánh lễ noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • bánh thánh noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • chủ nhà noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • chủ tế noun (moderator)

Volapük

1 entries
  • silananef noun (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

Welsh

3 entries
  • afrllad noun (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)
  • gwesteiwr noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)
  • lletywr noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • meymandar (diq) noun (person who receives or entertains a guest)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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My host family often advises me.

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The party ended with a speech by the host.

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Who will host the party?

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A host of friends came to see me off.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.