hosts
Welcomes guests in
Hosts is the plural of host—people who receive guests, organisms harboring parasites, or servers providing network services.
Someone who hosts entertains or provides a platform: She hosts a podcast, The city hosts the Olympics.
The communion wafer is also a host, from a different origin meaning sacrifice.
Several hosts competed to throw the best party.
One who delivers content
- emceeCeremony host
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- announcerOne who introduces programs
commentator · interviewer · correspondent · talk show · podcast · radio · television · live stream
One who amuses others
- dinner partyHosted meal with guests
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- soiréeFormal nighttime social gathering
banquet · invitation · guest list · catering · housewarming · cocktail party · welcome · celebration
One exploiting a host
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- microbiomeBody's microbial community
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
carrier · vector · reservoir · organism · immune response · colonization · infestation · susceptibility
Commercial lodging establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- motelRoadside lodging for drivers
- bed-and-breakfastLodging with morning meal
- guesthouseLodging for visitors
hostel · resort · lodge · vacation rental · concierge · reception · booking · reservation
Facility housing networked computers
- firewallNetwork access control system
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- IP addressDevice's unique network number
protocol · cloud · virtualization · uptime · downtime · load balancing · VPN · domain
presenter
One who delivers content
announcer · commentator · interviewer · correspondent · talk show · podcast · radio · television · live stream · microphone
entertainer
One who amuses others
- dinner partyHosted meal with guests
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
soirée · banquet · invitation · guest list · catering · housewarming · cocktail party · welcome · celebration
parasite
One exploiting a host
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- microbiomeBody's microbial community
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
infection · carrier · vector · reservoir · organism · immune response · colonization · infestation · susceptibility · resistance
hotel
Commercial lodging establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- motelRoadside lodging for drivers
- bed-and-breakfastLodging with morning meal
guesthouse · hostel · resort · lodge · vacation rental · concierge · reception · booking · reservation · check-in
datacenter
Facility housing networked computers
- firewallNetwork access control system
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
IP address · protocol · cloud · virtualization · uptime · downtime · load balancing · VPN · domain · web server
- entertainment workersentertainers, performers, stagehands, film crew, dancers
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- hospitality workersservers, waiters, bartenders, bussers, dishwashers
- media peoplejournalists, journalist, reporters, reporter, editors
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- open micsopen mic night, sign-up sheets, sign-up sheet, stage time, emcee
hostsparasites
Organisms feeding off hosts
pathogens · symbionts · infections · viruses · invaders
hostsaudience
Gathered viewers collectively
viewers · listeners · spectators · watchers · subscribers
- held hostageCaptive for leverage
- hostage negotiationsDialogue to release captives
- hold hostageImprison for demands
- talk show hostTelevision interview program presenter
- television hostBroadcast program presenter
- teaching hospitalsFacilities training medical students
host, hostile, hostility, hostess, hospitable, hostage, hosting, hospitality, hospitals