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

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Need another word that means the same as “meal”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “meal” in this overview.

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Meal as a Noun
Definitions of "Meal" as a noun
Synonyms of "Meal" as a noun (2 Words)
Usage Examples of "Meal" as a noun
Associations of "Meal" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Meal” are: repast, snack

Meal as a Noun

Definitions of "Meal" as a noun

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

The food served and eaten at one time.
The food eaten during a meal.
Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.
Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times.

Synonyms of "Meal" as a noun (2 Words)

repast	The food served and eaten at one time. A sumptuous repast.
snack	A sexually attractive person. It ll be a snack.

Usage Examples of "Meal" as a noun

The evening meal.
A bar serving light meals.

Associations of "Meal" (30 Words)

appetizer	A small dish of food or a drink taken before a meal or the main course of a meal to stimulate one’s appetite. The afternoon games served as an appetizer* for the evening s heavyweight clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.*
appetizing	Stimulating one’s appetite. The appetizing* aroma of sizzling bacon.*
breakfast	Eat breakfast. I don t eat breakfast.
brunch	Combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning. Breakfast was served so late as almost to constitute brunch.
delectable	Capable of arousing desire. The delectable* Ms Davis.*
delicious	Highly pleasant to the taste. Delicious home baked brown bread.
dessert	A dish served as the last course of a meal. A dessert* of chocolate mousse.*
eat	Eat a meal take a meal. I didn t eat* yet so I gladly accept your invitation.*
flavor	Lend flavor to.
flavour	A substance used to alter or enhance the taste of food or drink a flavouring. Whitewashed walls and red roof tiles gave the resort a Mediterranean flavour.
food	Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. They had eaten their food* and slept.*
lunch	Eat lunch. A lunch* meeting.*
luncheon	A formal lunch, or a formal word for lunch. A ladies luncheon* was taking place.*
luscious	Very sexually attractive. The luscious* brush strokes and warm colours of these late masterpieces.*
palatable	(of food or drink) pleasant to taste. A device that made increased taxation more palatable.
partake	Consume. Visitors can partake* in golfing or clay pigeon shooting.*
pasta	A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient.
postprandial	Following a meal (especially dinner. We were jolted from our postprandial* torpor.*
refreshment	A light snack or drink. An ample supply of liquid refreshment.
repast	A meal. A sumptuous repast.
sauce	Provide a sauce for something season with a sauce. None of your sauce* said Aunt Edie.*
savor	Give taste to. Savor the soup.
savory	Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees. A past that was scarcely savory.
snack	Eat a snack. It ll be a snack.
starter	Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc. The starter* motor.*
supper	A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime. We had a delicious cold supper.
tang	A tart spicy quality. His words came out with a distinct tang* of broad Lancashire.*
vegetarian	Relating to vegetarians or vegetarianism. A vegetarian* restaurant.*
zesty	Marked by spirited enjoyment.