CATER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CATER?

Need another word that means the same as “cater”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “cater” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cater” are: ply, provide, supply, provide food for, feed, serve, cook for, wine and dine, regale, provide for, provision

Cater as a Verb

Definitions of "Cater" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cater” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Provide food and drink for (an event.
• Supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets.
• Provide people with food and drink at a social event or other gathering.
• Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.

Synonyms of "Cater" as a verb (11 Words)

cook for	Prepare a hot meal.
feed	Feed into supply. Feed the lawn in spring and autumn.
ply	Apply oneself diligently. Ply fabric.
provide	Make a possibility or provide opportunity for permit to be attainable or cause to remain. The Bill provides for the setting of guaranteed service standards.
provide food for	Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.
provide for	Mount or put up.
provision	Supply with provisions. The provisioning of US ships.
regale	Entertain or amuse (someone) with talk. He regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon s meeting.
serve	Do duty or hold offices serve in a specific function. A hospital which serves a large area of Wales.
supply	State or say further. When she died no one could supply her place.
wine and dine	Drink wine.

Usage Examples of "Cater" as a verb

• My mother helped to cater for the party.
• He catered a lunch for 20 people.

Associations of "Cater" (30 Words)

adduce	Advance evidence for. A number of factors are adduced to explain the situation.
adequately	In an adequate manner or to an adequate degree. The job requirements were not adequately explained.
afford	Afford access to. The rooftop terrace affords beautiful views.
amortization	The action or process of gradually writing off the initial cost of an asset. An amortization schedule shows your payments each month and how it affects the total amount you owe.
bookshop	A shop where books are sold.
contracted	Reduced in size or pulled together. The contracted pupils of her eyes.
customer	Someone who pays for goods or services. He s a tough customer.
deliver	Deliver a speech oration or idea. The guard delivered the criminal to the police.
equip	Provide with abilities or understanding. They equipped themselves for the campaign.
furnish	Provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings. We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style.
grocer	A person who sells food and small household goods.
needs	In such a manner as could not be otherwise. We must needs by objective.
outpace	Go, rise, or improve faster than. He outpaced all six defenders.
procurement	The act of getting possession of something. Financial assistance for the procurement of legal advice.
provide	Make a possibility or provide opportunity for permit to be attainable or cause to remain. The Bill provides for the setting of guaranteed service standards.
provider	A person or thing that provides something. A leading provider of personal financial services.
provision	Supply with provisions. The provisioning of US ships.
pub	Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms often provides light meals. Sometimes we would catch the train into Oxford and go pubbing.
purvey	Spread or promote (an idea, view, etc. We didn t want to purvey gloom and doom.
purveyor	A person who sells or deals in particular goods. A purveyor of large luxury vehicles.
render	Give up surrender. The eyes and the cheeks are exceptionally well rendered.
replenish	Fill something that had previously been emptied. All creatures need sleep to replenish their energies.
restaurant	A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.
restock	Stock again. He restocked his land with pheasants.
service	Perform a service or services for someone. He retired after 30 years of service.
shop	Do one s shopping. She shopped her husband to bosses for taking tools home.
supplement	A supplementary component that improves capability. I looked for a part time job to supplement my income.
supplier	Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity. Every major energy supplier upped their prices.
supply	The activity of supplying or providing something. A supply teacher.
vouchsafe	Grant in a condescending manner. You d never vouchsafed that interesting titbit before.