Synonyms for host
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Innkeeper
innkeeper, landlord, boniface, victualler UK, victualer US
3. Emcee
Other
presenter, server, house, anchor, entertainer, node, monstrance, communion, wafer, pyx, quizmaster, ostensorium rare
Definitions
- n. 1
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
- n. 2
One that provides a facility for an event.
- n. 3
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
Our company is host of the annual conference this year.
Related words
- Word family
- hostel hoster hostess hostname hostress hospitable hospital hospitality
- Phrases
- air host jump host no host bar web host zombie host
Forms
- Plural
- hosts → legions, armies, hordes, numbers…
Choose the right word
Host is used for any vast and orderly assemblage; as, the stars are called the heavenly host.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- server Does anybody here know how to set up a web server?
- anchor A large number of boats lay at anchor in the bay.
- node Ziri chopped the vine off close to the leaf node.
- presenter This TV presenter is nothing more than a foul mouth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| host | rising | |
| server | rising | |
| anchor | rising | |
| node | rising | |
| presenter | rising | |
| quizmaster | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pyx
- 4 letters
- army2, node1
- 5 letters
- house1, crowd1, flock1, swarm1, horde1, wafer2, emcee2
- 6 letters
- number2, server2, anchor2, legion2, throng1
- 8 letters
- landlord2, boniface
- 9 letters
- presenter3, multitude3, communion3, plurality4, innkeeper3, victualer
- 10 letters
- assemblage3, monstrance, quizmaster, victualler
- 11 letters
- entertainer4, ostensorium
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (army2 = 2 syllables).