Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "dinner" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

breakfast

Typical Location

oven table

Capable Of

include desert include dessert include wine

Created By

chef

Defined As

final meal of day stronger meal in american culture

Derived Terms

Burns dinner Christmas dinner Javanese dinner Jefferson-Jackson dinner Jiggs dinner Lincoln dinner Lincoln-Reagan dinner Reagan dinner Russian dinner Sunday dinner TV dinner Trafalgar Night dinner a revolution is not a dinner party after-dinner after-dinner speech all duck or no dinner bachelor dinner bachelor's dinner basket dinner bedinner boiled dinner brinner candlelight dinner candlelit dinner dinner bell dinner camp dinner dance dinner dress dinner fork dinner hour dinner jacket dinner knife dinner lady dinner man dinner party dinner pill dinner plate dinner ring dinner roll dinner room dinner salad dinner service dinner shirt dinner suit dinner table dinner theater dinner theatre dinner time dinner wagon dinner-card dinner-goer dinner-hour dinner-jacketed dinner-party dinner-table dinner-time dinnerette dinnerless dinnerlike dinnerly dinnermate dinnerplate dinnertime dinnertini dinnerwards dinnerware dinnerwear dinnery dog's dinner doggy dinner bowl look done like a dinner done up like a dog's dinner dressed up like a dog's dinner duck dinner duck or no dinner dump dinner dunch frozen dinner full-course dinner girl dinner hand in one's dinner pail idea dinner life-dinner principle linner lunner postdinner potluck dinner predinner progressive dinner rehearsal dinner roast dinner school dinner school dinner lady school-dinner lady scramble dinner shore dinner

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

meal party repast

Type Of (IsA)

good time to gather great time for socialization meal party usually in evening

Receives Action

cooked on grill eaten in evening grilled

Related Terms

deipno deipnophobia dine

Related Terms

after after lunch courses deipno deipnophobia dine eat eating eating time evening evening meal evening mill food lunch meal midday mill nutrition party provide supper three three courses time

Synonym Network

banquet chow dine lunch supper

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