Dictionary entry details
• HOST (noun)
Meaning:
A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "host"):
hostess (a woman host)
Meaning:
A vast multitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
horde; host; legion
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
concourse; multitude; throng (a large gathering of people)
Meaning:
An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "host"):
intermediate host (a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle)
definitive host (the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place)
Antonym:
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
Meaning:
A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
emcee; master of ceremonies; host
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
entertainer (a person who tries to please or amuse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "host"):
symposiarch; toastmaster (the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet)
ringmaster (the person in charge of performances in a circus ring)
question master; quizmaster (the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game)
Lord of Misrule (a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration)
compere (British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc)
Instance hyponyms:
Ed Sullivan; Edward Vincent Sullivan; Sullivan (United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974))
Meaning:
Archaic terms for army
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
legion; host
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "host"):
Roman Legion (a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army)
Sabaoth ((plural) hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament)
Meaning:
Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Meaning:
(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
receiver; recipient (a person who gets something)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Meaning:
The owner or manager of an inn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
innkeeper; boniface; host
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
patron (the proprietor of an inn)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "host"):
victualer; victualler (an innkeeper (especially British))
padrone (an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy)
hostess (a woman innkeeper)
Meaning:
A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Host" is a kind of...):
bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)
Meaning:
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
server; host
Hypernyms ("host" is a kind of...):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Holonyms ("host" is a part of...):
computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)
• HOST (verb)
Meaning:
Be the host of or for
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
We hosted 4 couples last night
Hypernyms (to "host" is one way to...):
entertain (provide entertainment for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "host"):
banquet; feast; junket (provide a feast or banquet for)
wine and dine (provide with food and drink, usually lavishly)
compere; emcee (act as a master of ceremonies)
do the honors (act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot host Sue
