Invite

//ɪnˈvaɪt//

Synonyms for "invite" (93 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (19)

ask ask for tempt abet acquire affect the interest aid and abet appeal ask out attract be attractive be responsible for bear

Verb(6 words)

ask for ask ask in ask out ask over ask round

Strong matches (28)

beckon bid bid come biddance bidding bring bring down bring on bring upon call call in calling challenge concern contract countenance court encourage engage engraved invitation

Show 3 more words

entertain entice excite

Verb(5 words)

beseech bid call for encourage entreat

Related words (46)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

23 entries

accept arouse ask for bespeak call for elicit enkindle evoke excite fire have interact invitation kindle provoke quest

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

ask ask for ask out receive tempt

Related terms

2 entries

invitee inviter

derived

9 entries

disinvite e-invite e-vite invitable invited to the cookout invitement invitro reinvite uninvite

is a

1 entries

invitation

manner of

3 entries

arouse interact request

related to

7 entries

ask for encourage formally invitation participation presence request

similar

8 entries

ask for ask in ask over ask round bespeak call for quest request

Translations

196 translations across 102 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

uitnooi verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Albanian

1 entries

ftoj verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ambonese Malay

2 entries

not noun ((informal) invitation)
not verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

προσκαλέω verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Arabic

4 entries

دَعَا verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
عزم verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
عَزَم verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
عَزَم verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Armenian

1 entries

հրավիրել verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܙܘܼܡܵܢܵܐ noun ((informal) invitation)
ܟ̰ܝܵܕ݂ܵܐ noun ((informal) invitation)
ܟ̰ܵܐܹܕ݂ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
ܡܙܲܡܸܢ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Asturian

2 entries

convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

dəvət etmək verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
çağırmaq verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Basque

1 entries

gonbidatu verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Belarusian

2 entries

запрасі́ць verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
запраша́ць verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Bengali

1 entries

আমন্ত্রণ করা verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Bikol Central

1 entries

agda verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Bulgarian

3 entries

пока́на noun ((informal) invitation)
ка́ня verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
пока́нвам verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Burmese

2 entries

ပင့် verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
ဖိတ် verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Catalan

4 entries

invitació noun ((informal) invitation)
convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
convidar verb (request formally)
invitar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏯᏂᎭ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

約請 /约请 verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
請 /请 verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
邀請 /邀请 verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

davet etmek verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
çağırmaq verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Czech

2 entries

pozvat verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
zvát verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Danish

2 entries

indbyde verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitere verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Dutch

4 entries

inviteren verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
laden verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
nodigen verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
uitnodigen verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Erzya

1 entries

сергелемс verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Esperanto

1 entries

inviti verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Estonian

1 entries

kutsuma verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Finnish

3 entries

esittää kutsu verb (request formally)
kutsua verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
kutsua verb (request formally)

French

3 entries

invitation noun ((informal) invitation)
convier verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
inviter verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Friulian

2 entries

convidâ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invidâ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Galician

1 entries

convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Georgian

3 entries

დაპატიჟებს verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
მოწვევა verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
პატიჟებს verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

German

2 entries

Einladung noun ((informal) invitation)
einladen verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌸𐍉𐌽 verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Greek

3 entries

πρόσκληση noun ((informal) invitation)
παρακαλώ verb (request formally)
προσκαλώ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Hawaiian

1 entries

kono verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Hebrew

2 entries

הַזְמָנָה noun ((informal) invitation)
הִזְמִין verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

agda verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Hindi

1 entries

आमंत्रित करना verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Hungarian

1 entries

meghív verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Icelandic

3 entries

boð noun ((informal) invitation)
bjóða verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
bjóða verb (request formally)

Indonesian

1 entries

mengundang verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Italian

2 entries

invito noun ((informal) invitation)
invitare verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Japanese

4 entries

招く verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
招待する verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
誘う verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
請う verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Kaitag

1 entries

бурса́ра verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Kapampangan

1 entries

agkatan verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Kazakh

1 entries

шақыру verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Khmer

1 entries

អញ្ជើញ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Korean

1 entries

초대하다 verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

чакыруу verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Lao

1 entries

ເຊີນ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Latin

3 entries

adhibeō verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
convītō verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invītō verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Latvian

2 entries

aicināt verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
lūgt verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Lezgi

1 entries

теклиф авун verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Lithuanian

1 entries

pakviesti verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Livonian

2 entries

kutsõ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
nuttõ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

alueden verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitéieren verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Macedonian

2 entries

ка́ни verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
по́кани verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Malay

2 entries

ajak verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
menjemput verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Middle High German

1 entries

īnladen verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Moksha

1 entries

сергядькшнемс verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Mongolian

1 entries

урих verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Māori

1 entries

pōwhiri verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ulalika verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

vexwendin verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

innby verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitere verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Occitan

2 entries

convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Old English

1 entries

laðian verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Old High German

1 entries

inladōn verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Oromo

1 entries

affeeruu verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ossetian

1 entries

хонын verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اوقومق verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
اوقومق verb (request formally)
دعوت ایتمك verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
دعوت ایتمك verb (request formally)

Pashto

2 entries

بلل verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
بلل verb (request formally)

Persian

3 entries

خواهش کردن verb (request formally)
دعوت کردن verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
فراخواندن verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Polish

3 entries

prosić verb (request formally)
zapraszać verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
zaprosić verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Portuguese

3 entries

convite noun ((informal) invitation)
convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
convidar verb (request formally)

Quechua

1 entries

aypuriy verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Romanian

1 entries

a invita verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Romansch

4 entries

anvidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
envidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invider verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Russian

4 entries

приглаше́ние noun ((informal) invitation)
звать verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
позва́ть verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
попроси́ть verb (request formally)

Sardinian

4 entries

combidare verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
cumbidai verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
cumbidare verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
cumbitare verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

iarr verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pozvati verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
zvati verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
звати verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
позвати verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Sicilian

1 entries

mmitari verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Slovak

2 entries

pozvať verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
zvať verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Slovene

2 entries

povabiti verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
vabiti verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Spanish

4 entries

invitación noun ((informal) invitation)
convidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitar verb (request formally)

Swedish

2 entries

inbjuda verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitera verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Tajik

2 entries

даъват кардан verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
ҷеғ задан verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Tamil

2 entries

அழை verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
கூப்பிடு verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Tatar

1 entries

чакырырга verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Telugu

2 entries

ఆహ్వానించు verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
ఆహ్వానించు verb (request formally)

Thai

1 entries

เชิญ verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Tocharian B

1 entries

kwa verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Turkish

3 entries

davet etmek verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
davet etmek verb (request formally)
çağırmak verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Turkmen

2 entries

çagarmak verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
çagyrmak verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Ukrainian

2 entries

запро́шувати verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
запроси́ти verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Uyghur

1 entries

تەكلىپ قىلماق verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Uzbek

1 entries

taklif qilmoq verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Venetan

2 entries

invidar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
invitar verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Vietnamese

1 entries

mời verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Welsh

1 entries

gwahodd verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Yakut

1 entries

ынырар verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Yiddish

1 entries

אײַנלאַדן verb (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You may invite whomever you like.

Source: tatoeba (15908)

You may invite any person you like.

Source: tatoeba (17186)

Please invite us out to dinner.

Source: tatoeba (22028)

I plan to invite a lot of guests to the opening ceremony.

Source: tatoeba (22054)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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