supper
UK/ˈsʌpə//ˈsʌpɚ/
supper noun: an optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
Noun (1)
supper (countable and uncountable, plural suppers)
- An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
- There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- Synonyms:
- dinner
- Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
- We normally have supper at 7.
- A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
- a fish supper
- Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.2014, Gerald Hansen, An Embarrassment of Riches
Verb
supper (third-person singular simple present suppers, present participle suppering, simple past and past participle suppered)
- To consume a snack before going to bed.
- To eat dinner.
- To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
- Horns in the night-season are heard a great way off, and in the winter-season were blown at every farmer’s house about eight at night when they suppered the horses and cows; […]1815, “Supplement to Volume LXXXV. Part I. […]”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. […], London: […] [John] Nichols, Son, and [Samuel] Bentley, […], page 581, column 1
- I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.1828, John White, quotee, Trial of William Dyon, and His Son, John Dyon, for the Wilful Murder of Their Relative, Mr. John Dyon, […], Doncaster: Brooke & Co. […]; C. & J. White, […], page 15
Noun (2)
supper (plural suppers)
- A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
supper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
supper in Hindi
- food before going to bed
- ब्यालू byālū
supper in Tamil
- இரவுணவு, இரவுச்சாப்பாடு, நாளின் இறுதியுணவு, இரவுணவு அளிக்கப்படும் நிகழ்வில் ஆடல்
supper in Urdu
- food before going to bed
- رات کا کھانا rāt kā khānā
- dinner at night
- عِشائِیَہ 'iśāiya
supper in Bengali
- food before going to bed
- নৈশভোজ nōiśobhōj
More languagesFewer languages
- supper in Malayalam
- അത്താഴം attāḻaṁ
- supper in Kannada
- ರಾತ್ರಿಯೂಟ, ಇರುಳೂಟ
- supper in Gujarati
- રોંઢો rŏṇḍho
- supper in Sanskrit
- नक्तभोजन naktabhojana, सायमाशन sāyamāśana, सायमास sāyamāsa
- supper in Tagalog
- hapunan, gabihan
- supper in Arabic
- عَشَاء ʕašāʔ, تَعَشَّى taʕaššā
- supper in Malay
- makan malam
- supper in Indonesian
- makan malam
- supper in Thai
- ข้าวเย็น kâao-yen, อาหารเย็น aa-hǎan-yen
- supper in Vietnamese
- ăn tối, bữa chiều
- supper in Myanmar
- ညစာ nya.ca
Examples of supper in a sentence
- One writes: […] “My friend suppered me” instead of gave me supper.1876 July, J[ohn] H[ancock] Pettingell, “English Verbs”, in Edward A[llen] Fay, editor, American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, volume XXI...
- My birthday was a “Fourth of July” from early a. m., when your sweet gift greeted me, till 2 a. m., when “The Players” “suppered” me gorgeously.1889 November 15, Edwin Booth, “Letters to His Daughter”, in Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossman, and Letters...
- Ronald went out to Dougal after dinner and stood by him while he suppered the pony.1894, [Margaret] Oliphant, chapter XXI, in Sir Robert’s Fortune: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], page 188:
- Snapdragon: […] What wind blew thee hither? / The Beetle: No wind; but that sweet leaf which suppered me / Last eve, and music of our cricket friend, / Who still persists in serenading thee.1910, Madison Cawein, “The Shadow Garden, A Phantasy”, in The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy) and Other Plays, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P....
Synonyms of supper
Forms of supper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | suppers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | suppers |
| present participle | suppering |
| past participle | suppered |
| past | suppered |
Origin of supper
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
From sup + -er.
Words formed from supper
- box supper
- brupper
- bump supper
- Burns supper
- churn supper
- covered dish supper
- cowboy supper
- faith supper
- fall supper
- fish supper
- harvest supper
- Jiggs supper
- kern supper
- kitchen supper
- Last Supper
- Lord's Supper
- lupper
- pie supper
- progressive supper
- rere-supper
- safari supper
- sing for one's supper
- song and supper room
- supper club
- supper hour
- supper-hour
- supperless
- suppermate
- supper time
- suppertime
- supper-time
- supperwards
- supperware
- unsuppered
Phrases with supper
Words that rhyme with supper
Questions about supper
- What does supper mean?
- Supper means an optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
- What is supper in Hindi?
- Supper in Hindi is ब्यालू (byālū). See Supper meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use supper in a sentence?
- One writes: […] “My friend suppered me” instead of gave me supper.
- What part of speech is supper?
- Supper can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce supper?
- Supper is pronounced /ˈsʌpə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of supper?
- The plural of supper is suppers.
Words near supper in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: supper (page history and authors); supper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); supper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રોંઢો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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