'Invitation' definitions:
Definition of 'invitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"
noun
A tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"
Definition of 'Invitation'
From: GCIDE
- Invitation \In`vi*ta"tion\, n. [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'invitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- agacerie,
- allure,
- allurement,
- appeal,
- approach,
- asking price,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- bait,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- bid,
- biddance,
- bidding,
- blandishment,
- bribe,
- cajolery,
- call,
- calling,
- captivation,
- carrot,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- come-hither,
- draw,
- enchantment,
- encouragement,
- engraved invitation,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrapment,
- fascination,
- feeler,
- fillip,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- glamour,
- incentive,
- incitement,
- inducement,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invite,
- lure,
- magnetism,
- offer,
- offering,
- overture,
- payment,
- percentage,
- persuasive,
- preliminary approach,
- presentation,
- proffer,
- profit,
- proposition,
- provocation,
- pull,
- request,
- reward,
- seducement,
- seduction,
- seductiveness,
- sex appeal,
- snaring,
- stimulation,
- stimulative,
- stimulus,
- submission,
- suggestion,
- summons,
- sweetener,
- sweetening,
- tantalization,
- temptation,
- tentative approach,
- whet,
- winning ways,
- winsomeness,
- witchery,
- wooing