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host
Overview of noun host
The noun host has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (8) host -- (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)
2. (7) horde, host, legion -- (a vast multitude)
3. (4) host -- (an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association)
4. (3) master of ceremonies, emcee, host -- (a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers))
5. (2) host, legion -- (archaic terms for army)
6. (1) host -- (any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games")
7. host -- ((medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor)
8. host, innkeeper, boniface -- (the owner or manager of an inn)
9. Host -- (a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion)
10. server, host -- ((computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network)
Overview of verb host
The verb host has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. host -- (be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun host
10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
horde, host, legion
=> multitude, throng, concourse
=> gathering, assemblage
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
host
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
host, legion
=> army, regular army, ground forces
=> military service, armed service, service
=> force, personnel
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
host
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
host
=> recipient, receiver
=> acquirer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
=> patron
=> owner, proprietor
=> businessman, man of affairs
=> businessperson, bourgeois
=> capitalist
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
Host
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
=> baked goods
=> food, solid food
=> solid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
server, host
=> computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
=> machine
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun host
5 of 10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
=> hostess
Sense 3
host
=> intermediate host
=> definitive host
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
=> compere
=> Lord of Misrule
=> question master, quizmaster
=> ringmaster
=> toastmaster, symposiarch
HAS INSTANCE=> Sullivan, Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan
Sense 5
host, legion
=> Roman Legion
=> Sabaoth
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
=> hostess
=> padrone
=> victualer, victualler
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun host
10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
=> adult, grownup
Sense 2
horde, host, legion
=> multitude, throng, concourse
Sense 3
host
=> organism, being
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
=> entertainer
Sense 5
host, legion
=> army, regular army, ground forces
Sense 6
host
=> organization, organisation
Sense 7
host
=> recipient, receiver
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
=> patron
Sense 9
Host
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
Sense 10
server, host
=> computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
Antonyms of noun host
1 of 10 senses of host
Sense 3
host
Antonym of parasite (Sense 1)
=>parasite
Member Holonyms of noun host
Substance Holonyms of noun host
Part Holonyms of noun host
1 of 10 senses of host
Sense 10
server, host
PART OF: computer network
Member Meronyms of noun host
Substance Meronyms of noun host
Part Meronyms of noun host
Meronyms of noun host
Holonyms of noun host
1 of 10 senses of host
Sense 10
server, host
PART OF: computer network
Attributes of noun host
Derived Forms of noun host
3 of 10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
RELATED TO>(verb) host#1
=> host
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
RELATED TO>(verb) host#1
=> host
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
RELATED TO>(verb) host#1
=> host
Domain of noun host
2 of 10 senses of host
Sense 7
host
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Sense 10
server, host
TOPIC>(noun) computer science#1, computing#1
Domain Terms of noun host
Familiarity of noun host
host used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun host
10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
> adult, grownup
=> brachycephalic
=> caregiver
=> catch, match
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist
=> character, eccentric, type, case
=> conservative, conservativist
=> dolichocephalic
=> elder, senior
=> ex-spouse
=> host
=> important person, influential person, personage
=> Jack of all trades
=> liberal, liberalist, progressive
=> liberal
=> militarist, warmonger
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer
=> patrician
=> pledgee
=> pledger
=> professional, professional person
=> sobersides
=> sophisticate, man of the world
=> stay-at-home, homebody
=> stoic, unemotional person
=> thoroughbred
=> woman, adult female
Sense 2
horde, host, legion
> multitude, throng, concourse
=> hive
=> horde, host, legion
=> ruck, herd
Sense 3
host
> organism, being
=> benthos
=> heterotroph
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> conspecific
=> carrier
=> denizen
=> amphidiploid
=> diploid
=> haploid
=> heteroploid
=> polyploid
=> animalcule, animalculum
=> microorganism, micro-organism
=> aerobe
=> anaerobe
=> hybrid, crossbreed, cross
=> polymorph
=> relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
=> plankton
=> nekton
=> parasite
=> host
=> commensal
=> myrmecophile
=> eukaryote, eucaryote
=> prokaryote, procaryote
=> zooid
=> clone, clon
=> atavist, throwback
=> individual
=> mascot
=> mutant, mutation, variation, sport
=> postdiluvian
=> sitter
=> stander
=> utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
=> nonvascular organism
=> relict
=> saprophyte, saprophytic organism
=> saprobe
=> katharobe
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
> entertainer
=> bombshell
=> busker
=> drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter
=> humorist, humourist
=> master of ceremonies, emcee, host
=> performer, performing artist
=> pleaser
Sense 5
host, legion
> army, regular army, ground forces
=> host, legion
=> standing army
=> Union Army
=> Confederate Army, Army of the Confederacy
=> Continental Army
Sense 6
host
> organization, organisation
=> adhocracy
=> affiliate
=> bureaucracy
=> nongovernmental organization, NGO
HAS INSTANCE=> Orange Order, Association of Orangemen
=> Tammany Hall, Tammany Society, Tammany
=> fiefdom
=> line of defense, line of defence
=> line organization, line organisation
=> association
=> polity
=> quango, quasi-NGO
=> institution, establishment
=> enterprise
=> defense, defence, defense force, defence force
=> establishment
=> fire brigade, fire company
=> company, troupe
=> unit, social unit
=> Peace Corps
=> force, personnel
=> union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
=> musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
=> party, political party
=> machine, political machine
=> machine
=> professional organization, professional organisation
=> alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
=> federation
=> hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
=> deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission
=> Girl Scouts
=> blue
=> grey, gray
=> host
=> pool
Sense 7
host
> recipient, receiver
=> addressee
=> alienee, grantee
=> annuitant
=> assignee
=> beneficiary, donee
=> borrower
=> conferee
=> consignee
=> dependant, dependent
=> grantee
=> heir, inheritor, heritor
=> honoree
=> host
=> mandatary, mandatory
=> payee
=> protege
=> sendee
=> transferee
=> warrantee
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
> patron
=> host, innkeeper, boniface
Sense 9
Host
> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
=> anadama bread
=> bap
=> barmbrack
=> breadstick, bread-stick
=> brown bread, Boston brown bread
=> bun, roll
=> caraway seed bread
=> challah, hallah
=> cinnamon bread
=> cracked-wheat bread
=> cracker
=> crouton
=> dark bread, whole wheat bread, whole meal bread, brown bread
=> English muffin, crumpet
=> flatbread
=> garlic bread
=> gluten bread
=> Host
=> loaf of bread, loaf
=> matzo, matzoh, matzah, unleavened bread
=> nan
=> onion bread
=> raisin bread
=> quick bread
=> rye bread
=> salt-rising bread
=> simnel
=> sour bread, sourdough bread
=> toast
=> wafer
=> white bread, light bread
Sense 10
server, host
> computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
=> analog computer, analogue computer
=> digital computer
=> home computer
=> node, client, guest
=> number cruncher
=> pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator
=> predictor
=> server, host
=> Turing machine
=> web site, website, internet site, site
Meronyms of noun host
10 senses of host
Sense 1
host
=> adult, grownup
HAS PART: adult body
HAS PART: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
host
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
master of ceremonies, emcee, host
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 5
host, legion
=> army, regular army, ground forces
HAS MEMBER: army unit
HAS MEMBER: military personnel, soldiery, troops
HAS MEMBER: corps, army corps
HAS MEMBER: division
HAS MEMBER: battle group
HAS MEMBER: company
HAS MEMBER: platoon
=> military service, armed service, service
HAS MEMBER: military unit, military force, military group, force
HAS MEMBER: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
=> force, personnel
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 6
host
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 7
host
=> recipient, receiver
=> acquirer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 8
host, innkeeper, boniface
=> patron
=> owner, proprietor
=> businessman, man of affairs
=> businessperson, bourgeois
=> capitalist
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 9
Host
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
HAS SUBSTANCE: flour
=> baked goods
HAS PART: crumb
Sense 10
server, host
=> computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
HAS PART: busbar, bus
HAS PART: cathode-ray tube, CRT
HAS PART: electron gun
HAS PART: screen, CRT screen
HAS PART: foreground
HAS PART: central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe
HAS PART: CPU board, mother board
HAS PART: chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip
HAS PART: integrated circuit, microcircuit
HAS PART: computer accessory
HAS PART: computer circuit
HAS PART: data converter
HAS PART: disk cache
HAS PART: diskette, floppy, floppy disk
HAS PART: hardware, computer hardware
HAS PART: keyboard
HAS PART: action, action mechanism
HAS PART: key
HAS PART: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
HAS PART: register
HAS PART: monitor, monitoring device
HAS PART: oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
HAS PART: cathode-ray tube, CRT
HAS PART: electron gun
HAS PART: screen, CRT screen
HAS PART: foreground
HAS PART: peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device
=> machine
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun host
1 of 10 senses of host
Sense 10
server, host
PART OF: computer network
Grep of noun host
definitive host
ghost
holy ghost
host
hosta
hostaceae
hostage
hostel
hosteller
hostelry
hostess
hostile
hostile expedition
hostile fire
hostile takeover
hostile witness
hostilities
hostility
hostler
intermediate host
Antonyms of verb host
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
=> entertain
=> socialize, socialise
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
=> feast, banquet, junket
=> wine and dine
=> emcee, compere
=> do the honors
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
=> entertain
'Cause To' of verb host
Derived Forms of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
RELATED TO>(noun) host#8
=> host, innkeeper, boniface
RELATED TO>(noun) host#4
=> master of ceremonies, emcee, host
RELATED TO>(noun) host#1
=> host
Domain of verb host
Domain Terms of verb host
Familiarity of verb host
host used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
EX: Sam cannot host Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb host
1 sense of host
Sense 1
host
> entertain
=> host
=> amuse, divert, disport
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb host
Sense 1
host
=> entertain
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Grep of verb host
ghost
give-up the ghost
host
Grep of adj host
hostile
Grep of adv host
hostilely
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