Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Reception (Motion into, actively)

Nouns
  • reception
  • admission, admittance, entree, importation
  • introduction, intromission
  • immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation
  • suction, sucking
  • eating, drinking etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
  • insertion etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
  • interjection etc. Interposition
  • introit.
Verbs
  • give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree
  • introduce, intromit
  • usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in
  • let in, take in, suck in, draw in
  • readmit, resorb, reabsorb
  • snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate
  • engulf, engorge
  • gulp
  • eat, drink etc. (food) [Eating.] Food.
Adjectives
  • admitting etc. v., admitted etc. v.
  • admissable
  • absorbent.