Synonyms of the word entertain


ENTERTAINCONTEMPLATE - EXPERIENCE - FEEL - HARBOR - HARBOUR - HOLD - NURSE - SOCIALISE - SOCIALIZE

entertain

  • v. (transitive) To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
  • v. (transitive and intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
  • v. (transitive) To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
  • v. (obsolete) To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
  • v. (obsolete) To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
  • v. (obsolete) To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
  • n. (obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
  • n. (obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.

contemplate

  • v. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard…
  • v. To consider as a possibility.

experience

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Event(s) of which one is cognizant.
  • n. (countable) An activity which one has performed.
  • n. (countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge,…
  • n. (uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
  • v. (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions…

feel

  • v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
  • v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  • v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
  • v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
  • v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  • v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
  • n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
  • n. A vague mental impression.
  • n. An act of fondling.
  • n. A vague understanding.
  • n. An intuitive ability.
  • n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
  • pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
  • adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
  • adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.

harbor

  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
  • n. Any place of shelter.
  • n. (obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  • n. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading…
  • n. A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
  • v. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
  • v. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
  • v. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

harbour

  • n. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.
  • v. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

hold

  • adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
  • v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • v. (transitive) To contain or store.
  • v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
  • v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
  • v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
  • v. To take place, to occur.
  • v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
  • v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
  • n. A grasp or grip.
  • n. A place where animals are held for safety.
  • n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
  • n. Something reserved or kept.
  • n. Power over someone or something.
  • n. The ability to persist.
  • n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
  • n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
  • n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
  • n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
  • n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
  • n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
  • n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
  • n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
  • n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
  • n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
  • n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

nurse

  • n. (archaic) A wet-nurse.
  • n. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
  • n. A person trained to provide care for the sick.
  • n. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
  • n. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
  • n. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
  • n. A nurse shark.
  • v. to breastfeed.
  • v. to care for the sick.
  • v. to treat kindly and with extra care.
  • v. to drink slowly.
  • v. to foster, to nourish.
  • v. to hold closely to one's chest.
  • v. to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

socialise

  • v. (intransitive) To interact with others.
  • v. (transitive) To instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society.
  • v. (transitive) To take into collective or governmental ownership.

socialize

  • v. (intransitive) To interact with others.
  • v. (transitive) To instruct somebody, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society.
  • v. (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.

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