Entertainment

What do we mean by entertainment?

The act of entertaining. noun

The art or field of entertaining. noun

Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show. noun

The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement. noun

Maintenance; support. noun

Employment. noun

The act of furnishing accommodation, refreshment, good cheer, or diversion; that which entertains, or the act of entertaining, as by hospitality, agreeable attentions, or amusement. noun

An exhibition or a performance which affords instruction or amusement; the act of providing gratification or diversion: as, the entertainment of friends with a supper and dance; a musical or dramatic entertainment. noun

Maintenance; support; physical or mental provision; means of maintenance, or the state of being supported, as in service, under suffering, etc. noun

Mental enjoyment; instruction or amusement afforded by anything seen or heard, as a spectacle, a play, conversation or story, music or recitation. noun

Reception; treatment. noun

A holding or harboring in the mind; a taking into consideration: as, the entertainment of extravagant notions; the entertainment of a proposal. noun

Synonyms and Diversion, Recreation, etc. See pastime. noun

The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general. noun

That which entertains, or with which one is entertained noun

Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. noun

That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement. noun

Admission into service; service. noun

Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. noun

An activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games. noun

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.

Maintenance or support.

Admission into service; service.

Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

Reception; (provision of) food to guests or travellers.

Words that are spelled similarly to entertainment:
entertainment, intertainment, entrainment, entertainments.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word entertainment:
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Words that rhyme with entertainment:
containment, arraignment, attainment, infotainment.

Adjectives that are often used to describe entertainment:
popular, public, live, musical, good, light, mere, much, theatrical, dramatic, free, pure, grand, only, commercial, splendid, lavish, best, mass, private, better, cheap, sumptuous, magnificent, wholesome, elegant, hospitable, nightly, excellent, pleasant, delightful, escapist, intellectual, professional, agreeable, literary, violent, sheer, class, chief, royal, interactive, suitable, formal, official, lively, favorite, visual, passive, rational, harmless, friendly, time, outdoor, secular, elaborate, occasional, spectacular, electronic, exciting, expensive, handsome, endless, innocent, continuous, favourite, clean.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective entertainment:
committee, duty, tax.

Words that sound like entertainment:
entertainment, intertainment, entertainments, entrainment, intertwinement, internment, entrenchment, entwinement, enthronement, enshrinement, entertaining, enlightenment, entitlement, entrancement, entreatment.