Feast

Noun

 * 1) A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
 * We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
 * 1) Something delightful
 * It was a feast for the eyes.

Verb

 * 1)  To partake in a feast, or large meal.
 * I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
 * 1)  To dwell upon (something) with delight.
 * I feasted on the beautiful picture.
 * 1)  To hold a feast in honor of (someone).
 * We feasted them after the victory.

Adjectives for Feast
solemn; artistic; annual; sinful; memorable; sumptuous; continuous; constant; horrible; royal; ample; joyful; Lucullan; endless; sacrificial; accustomed; pagan; popish; marshaled; rural; movable; fashionable; bountiful; convent; princely; wondrous; funeral; impious; nobler; inimitable; superfluous; triumphal; Saturnalian; sun-born; purveying; vernal; reasonable.

Verbs for Feast
anticipate—; bless—; cater at—; celebrate with—; crown—with; destine for—; enjoy —; enter—; entertain at—; gather for—; gorge at—; hold—; honor at—; invite to—; join in—; partake of—; plan—; prepare—; rejoice at—; —cheers; —commemorates; — gratifies; —refreshes.

Adverbs for Feast
convivially; recklessly; annually; triumphantly; bountifully; gluttonously; unstintedly; sumptuously; memorably; idolatrously; lavishly.

Synonyms for Feast
banquet, entertainment, treat, festival, festivity, repast, refreshment, carousal, merrymaking, barbecue, picnic.

Antonyms for Feast
dearth, hunger, famine, fasting, abstinence, need, necessity, indigence, distress, scarcity.

Derived terms

 * feaster
 * feast one’s eyes

Thesaurus
High Holiday, High Holy Day, Lucullan feast, Mardi Gras, Sabbath, Saturnalia, Sunday, allay, anniversary, appease, assuage, bank holiday, banquet, bean-feast, beano, birthday, blow, blowout, board, bread, bread and butter, carnival, celebration, cheer, church calendar, church feast, comestibles, commemoration, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, day of festivities, day off, delight, dine, do, do justice to, eat heartily, eat up, eatables, ecclesiastical calendar, edibles, entertain, entertainment, event, fair, fare, fare well, fast, fast food, feast day, feed, festal board, festival, festival day, festive occasion, festivity, fete, fete day, field day, fiesta, fixed feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff, gala, gala affair, gala day, gladden, gormandize, gratification, gratify, great doings, groaning board, health food, high day, high jinks, holiday, holy day, holytide, ingesta, jamboree, joyance, jubilation, jubilee, junk food, kermis, kitchen stuff, legal holiday, mad round, meal, meat, memorialization, merrymaking, observance, occasion, overindulge, party, picnic, please, pleasure, polish the platter, provender, provision, put it away, quench, red-letter day, refreshment, regale, regalement, repast, revel, revelment, revelry, rite, ritual, round of pleasures, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake, solemnization, spread, sustenance, table, treat, tucker, viands, victuals, vittles, waygoose, wayzgoose, wine and dine

Etymology
From feste <  festa:, plural of festum:.

Noun

 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: festmåltid
 * Dutch: feestmaaltijd
 * Finnish:, syömingit,
 * French: ,
 * Old French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ごちそう (gochisō)
 * Korean: 연회


 * Maltese:
 * Maori: hākari, kaukai
 * Meru:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rapanui: koro
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: విందు (vimdu)
 * Welsh:

Anagrams

 * fates, Fates
 * feats
 * fetas