social intercourse; consociation†; intercourse, intercommunity†;
consortship†, companionship, comradeship; clubbism†; esprit de corps.
conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity,
savoir vivre [Fr.], festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup†;
hospitality, heartiness; cheer.
welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception,
warm reception; urbanity &c (courtesy) 894; familiarity.
good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant [Fr.], bawcock†.
social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie,
society, company.
social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c (assemblage) 72;
barbecue [U.S.], bee; corn-husking [U.S.], corn-shucking [U.S.]; house
raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U.S.]; infare†.
party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione
[It], soiree, matinée; evening party, morning party, afternoon party,
bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie
carrée [Fr.], dish of tea, ridotto†, rout†; housewarming; ball,
festival &c; smoker, smoker-party; sociable [U.S.], stag party, hen
party, tamasha†; tea-party, tea-fight [Slang].
(amusement) 840; the feast of reason and the flow of soul [Pope].
birthday party [parties for specific occasions], Christmas party,
New Year's Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner; bonenkai [Jap.]; wedding
reception.
visiting; round of visits; call, morning call; interview &c
(conversation) 588; assignation; tryst, trysting place; appointment.
club &c (association) 712.
V. be sociable &c adj.; know; be acquainted &c adj.; associate with,
sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same
trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make
acquaintance with &c (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize,
embrace.
be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with;
make free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free
quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.].
visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call
at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up
one's quarters.
entertain; give a party &c n.; be at home, see one's friends, hang
out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms;
welcome; give a warm reception &c n.. to kill the fatted calf.
Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable†, cosy, cosey†,
chatty, conversational; homiletical.
convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable.
welcome, welcome as the roses in May; fêted, entertained.
free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms,
acquainted.
social, neighborly; international; gregarious.
Adv. en famille [Fr.], in the family circle; sans fa [Fr.]; arm in arm.
Phr. a crowd is not company [Bacon]; be bright and jovial among your
guests tonight [Macbeth]; his worth is warrant for his welcome [Two
Gentlemen]; let's be red with mirth [Winter's Tale]; welcome the coming
speed the parting guest [Pope].