| Noun | 1. | invite - a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"invitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away" | |
| Verb | 1. | invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" | |
| 2. | invite - invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" ask in, invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" | |
| 3. | invite - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" | |
| 4. | invite - ask someone in a friendly way to do somethingrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" allure, tempt - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" | |
| 5. | invite - have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" | |
| 6. | invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" call in - summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient" | |
| 7. | invite - request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" | |
| 8. | invite - express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"welcome - receive someone, as into one's house absorb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society" see - receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon" assume - Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven" induct - admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society" | |