banqueters
Formal meal attendees
Banqueters are people attending or participating in a banquet—a formal, elaborate meal typically held for a special occasion or celebration.
The word appears in descriptions of festive gatherings: The banqueters raised their glasses in toast.
Vocal expression of amusement
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- convivialityWarm, sociable good cheer
- toastingBrowning by heat
cheers · entertainment · jollity · revelry · high spirits · cheerfulness · camaraderie · storytelling
People received hospitably
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- galaFestive formal occasion
- feteElaborate public celebration
ceremony · festival · anniversary · jubilee · commemoration · revelry · assembly · pageant
Large serving dishes
- gobletsStemmed drinking vessels
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- roastDry-heat cooking method
venison · poultry · wine · ale · mead · trenchers · servings · delicacies
Those who entertain guests
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
- seatingAvailable places to sit
service · attentiveness · entertaining · courtesy · warmth · reception · accommodating · generosity
laughter
Vocal expression of amusement
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- convivialityWarm, sociable good cheer
toasting · cheers · entertainment · jollity · revelry · high spirits · cheerfulness · camaraderie · storytelling · songs
guests
People received hospitably
fete · ceremony · festival · anniversary · jubilee · commemoration · revelry · assembly · pageant · soiree
platters
Large serving dishes
- gobletsStemmed drinking vessels
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- carvingShaping by cutting away
roast · venison · poultry · wine · ale · mead · trenchers · servings · delicacies · sumptuous
hosts
Those who entertain guests
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
seating · service · attentiveness · entertaining · courtesy · warmth · reception · accommodating · generosity · toastmaster
gourmand
Excessive food lover
epicure · overindulgence · decadence · hedonism · luxury · gorging · appetite · satiety · stuffed · overeating
banquetersfasters
Those who abstain from food
ascetics · abstainers · penitents · dieters · anorexics
banquetershermits
People choosing isolation
recluses · mourners · mendicants · beggars · solitaries