Host

Noun

 * 1) A person who allows a guest, particularly into the host’s home.
 * 2) A person or organization responsible for running an event.
 * 3) A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
 * 4)  Any computer attached to a network.
 * 5)  A computer or software component that provides services.
 * 6)  A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
 * 7)  An organism bearing certain genetic material.
 * 8) A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
 * 9) A large number of items; a large inventory.
 * 10)  The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

Verb

 * 1) To perform the role of a host.
 * 2)  To run software made available to a remote user or process.

Adjectives for Host
dejected; ungracious; disagreeable; heavenly; secondary; routed subtle; benignant; tragic; starry; affable reluctant; straggling; new-found; genial angelic; crusading; illimitable; shadowy; numerous; overweening; inseparable; chafing; kind; legionary; indignant; embattled; celestial; spangled; assaulting; heathen; conquering; amiable; heavenly; pensive; battle-broken; visionary; countless; smiling; ranting; ill-fated; motley; square; swarthy; ethereal; venerable; frugal; innumerable; hurrying; mustering; frank; miserable; prospective; glorified; radiant; niggardly; weary; generous; bewildered.

Verbs for Host
be—; honor—; praise—; —amuses; —appears; —approves; —befriends; —bids; —charms; —comforts; —delights; —enlivens; —flatters; —greets; —plans; —presides; —provides; —relieves; —welcomes.

Synonyms for Host

 * army, horde, multitude
 * landlord, publican, entertainer, innkeeper, tavernkeeper

Antonyms for Host
guest, visitor, patron, lodger, boarder, caller.

Related terms

 * hostess
 * hostel
 * hotel
 * hostname
 * hospitable
 * hospital
 * hospitality

Thesaurus 1
altar bread, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, bread, bread and wine, candle, censer, chaplet, ciborium, consecrated bread, consecrated elements, consubstantiation, cross, crucifix, cruet, elements, eucharistial, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, impanation, incensory, intinction, loaf, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, real presence, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, subpanation, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, the Holy Sacrament, the Sacrament, thurible, transubstantiation, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle, wafer

Thesaurus 2
announcer, armed force, armed service, army, array, assemblage, assembly, bevy, body, bunch, career soldiers, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, colony, covey, crowd, crush, deluge, do the honors, drift, drive, drove, emcee, entertain, entertain guests, entertainer, fighting machine, flight, flock, flocks, flood, forces, galaxy, gam, gang, give a party, ground forces, ground troops, guest, hail, have, heap, herd, hive, horde, hostess, innkeeper, jam, kennel, landlady, landlord, large amount, legion, legions, litter, lots, manager, many, mass, masses of, master of ceremonies, military establishment, mine host, mob, muchness, multitude, nest, numbers, occupation force, pack, panoply, paratroops, plurality, pod, presenter, preside, press, pride, proprietor, proprietress, publican, quantities, quite a few, rabble, rank and file, ranks, receptionist, regular army, regulars, rout, ruck, school, scores, shoal, ski troops, skulk, sloth, soldiery, spate, standing army, storm troops, swarm, the line, the military, throng, throw a party, tidy sum, trip, troop, troops, worlds of

Etymology 1
From oste: (French: hôte:), from Middle  hospitem:, accusative of hospes:, probably contr. of originally *undefined: < hostis: + -pes:. Used in English since 13th Century.

Etymology 2
From hoste:, from Middle  hostis: (as opposed to inimicus:), cognate with etymology 1.

Etymology 3
From also oist:, ost:, from  hoiste:, from  hostia:.

Noun

 * Arabic: مضيف
 * Bosnian: domaćin, domaćinica , gazda , gazdarica
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , gastgever
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: saimnieks
 * Macedonian: домаќин, домаќинка
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: gospodarz
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: домаћин, домаћиница , газда , газдарица
 * Roman: domaćin, domaćinica , gazda , gazdarica
 * Slovene: gostitelj, gostiteljica
 * Spanish:, hospedador, hospedador
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: مضيف, آدب, مستضيف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 主持人
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: organisator, gastgever
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian: organizzatore
 * Japanese: 主催者
 * Macedonian: водител, водителка
 * Pashto:
 * Portuguese: organizador, realizador
 * Russian: ведущий
 * Slovene: gostitelj, gostiteljica
 * Spanish:, anfitriona,
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:, , , gastgever
 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: moderatore
 * Macedonian: водител, водителка


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, церемониймейстер, модератор
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: maestro de ceremonias, conductor


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 主機, 主机
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * Italian: host
 * Japanese: ホスト
 * Macedonian: домаќин
 * Russian: хост, главная ЭВМ


 * Dutch:
 * Italian: server


 * Macedonian: домаќин


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:


 * Macedonian: домаќин
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: hospedante
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , modereren
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: alojar


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hostata


 * French:
 * Icelandic:

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: heerschaar, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Volapük: silananef


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:

Noun

 * Croatian: hostija
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: hostio
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kynnir
 * Italian:
 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * hots
 * shot
 * Thos.
 * tosh, TOSH

Etymology
From hostis:.

Noun

 * 1) army

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) guest

Related terms

 * hostit
 * hostitel
 * hostina
 * hostinec
 * nehostinný
 * pohostinství

Etymology 1
From hossen:.

Etymology 2
From.

Pronunciation
Like English, mostly,.

Noun

 * 1)  host

Derived terms

 * hosten

Etymology 1
Related to  ("to cough").

Noun

 * 1) A single cough expulsion

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  host

Synonyms

 * vertsmaskin