invite

Meaning

Verb

1. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
2. To request formally.
3. To encourage.
4. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Noun

An invitation.

Synonyms

call

ask

summon

request

beckon

bid

solicit

demand

persuade

welcome

call for

call out

tempt

invitation

invoke

ask in

ask for

receive

challenge

send for

convince

entice

beg

ask over

seduce

call in

induce

take in

take out

call together

urge

pay for

encourage

hail

get

have out

ask to come

cheer

install

engage

ask out

provoke

allure

lure

attract

order

propose

suggest

call on

ask round

coax

abet

influence

panhandle

plea

please

postpone

pray

🛐

press

procrastinate

prolong

promote

prompt

pull

quest

quicken

raise

recite

refer

say

🗣️

seek

🔍

shout

spirit

spread

stimulate

summons

tap

tend

throw down the gauntlet

warn

wheedle

win over

woo

call out to

call over

call to

extend an invitation

go get

fish

🐟

bid welcome

respectfully engage

recrui

admonish

appeal

apply

assemble

attraction

bark

beguile

bring in

bring on

call down

call up

captivate

catch

cause

charm

collect

come

comfort

convene

convoke

countenance

court

cry out

dare

delay

dial

do

drag

embolden

employ

enchant

engender

enjoin

entertain

evoke

exhort

extend

fascinate

flatter

flip

go under

guest

hearten

host

importune

incite

induct

inform

initiate

lengthen

make

page

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.