diner

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: din=er

OXFORD DICTIONARY

diner, n.
1 a person who dines, esp. in a restaurant.
2 a railway dining-car.
3 US a small restaurant.
4 a small dining-room.

THESAURUS

diner

Brillat-Savarin, Lucullus, Pullman, Pullman car, TV dinner, alfresco meal, automat, baggage car, barbecue, beanery, bistro, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, boxcar, breakfast, brunch, buffet, buffet supper, buvette, caboose, cafe, cafeteria, cannibal, canteen, cantina, car, carnivore, carriage, chair car, chophouse, chuck wagon, clambake, coach, coal car, coffee break, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, connoisseur of food, consumer, cookhouse, cookout, cookshack, cookshop, covered waggon, day coach, diner-out, dinghy, dining car, dining hall, dining room, dinner, dog wagon, drawing room, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eater, eater-out, eatery, eating house, elevenses, epicure, fast-food chain, feeder, fish fry, flat, flatcar, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, gondola, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, greasy, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, herbivore, high liver, high tea, hot luncheon, hot-dog stand, hungry mouth, kitchen, lactovegetarian, local, luggage van, lunch, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheon, luncheonette, luncher, lunchroom, mail car, mail van, man-eater, mash, meat breakfast, meat-eater, mess hall, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, palace car, pantophagist, parlor car, passenger car, petit dejeuner, phytophage, picnic, picnicker, pizzeria, plant-eater, predacean, quick-lunch counter, railway car, reefer, refrigerator car, restaurant, roomette, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, smorgasbord, snack bar, stockcar, supper, tank, tavern, tea, tea break, tearoom, teatime, tender, tiffin, trattoria, trencherman, truck, van, vegetarian, waggon, wiener roast, wienie roast

ROGET THESAURUS

diner

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.