Synonyms for cater
ˈkeɪ tərcater

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1. provide, supply, ply, caterverb

   give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, append, furnish, ply, add, provide, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, run, issue, put up

2. caterverb

   supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

   Synonyms:
   provide, supply, ply

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1. • Give
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1. serve

   provide with what is needed or required.

   cater to popular demand.

   Submitted by JP03 on June 30, 2015  

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1. caterverb

   Synonyms:
   purvey, provide food, procure provisions

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1. caterverb

   Synonyms:
   purvey

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1. List of paraphrases for "cater":

   meet, respond, satisfy

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How to use cater in a sentence?

1. Epicurus:

   I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

2. Kakadu Tourism chair Rick Allert:

   The whole area has really come of age, but we could cater for thousands more visitors, it’s a huge area, and less than three hours drive from Darwin.

3. Mohamed Dagane:

   There is no confirmed cholera fatality at the hospital, we have sufficient stock of medicine and rehydration fluid to cater for any patient.

4. Syed Jaffar Hussain:

   For the time being, looking at the number of injured, and the number of those being affected, these supplies can cater for 3 to 4 weeks, but if there is no ceasefire and there is no reduction in the scale, scope and intensity of the conflict, even if it goes by the current intensity, we will run out of these supplies.

5. Mat Oakley:

   None of the major European cities could cater for that kind of demand at the click of fingers or even with six months notice.