| Banquet 1. (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches. 2. (n.) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. 3. (v. t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. 4. (v. i.) To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. 5. (v. i.) To partake of a dessert after a feast. Thesaurus Entries Lucullan feast, Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, bean-feast, beano, blow, blowout, carnival, carouse, celebration, do, do justice to, eat heartily, eat up, fair, feast, feed, festal board, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, gala affair, gala day, gaudy, great doings, groaning board, harvest home, high jinks, indulge, jamboree, joyance, jubilation, kermis, mad round, merrymaking, party, picnic, polish the platter, put it away, regale, regalement, repast, revel, revelment, revelry, round of pleasures, spread, treat, tuck, waygoose, wayzgoose, wine and dine |