barbecue

The word “barbecue” has 3 syllables: bar-be-cue

It's pronounced as /ˈbɑrbɪkjuː/


What is synonym and antonym for barbecue?

In the thesaurus, “barbecue” has 44 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for barbecue along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for barbecue

  • bake
  • banquet
  • blowout
  • broil
  • broiler
  • buffet
  • carnival
  • charcoal
  • charcoal grill
  • chow
  • clam bake
  • clambake
  • cookout
  • dinner
  • feast
  • feed
  • festival
  • festivity
  • fete
  • fireplace
  • fry
  • gala
  • gas grill
  • griddle
  • grill
  • hibachi
  • luau
  • luncheon
  • mess
  • party
  • picnic
  • pit of coals
  • regale
  • repast
  • roast
  • roaster
  • rotisserie
  • sear
  • shindig
  • smorgasbord
  • spit
  • spread
  • table
  • wienie roast

Antonyms for barbecue

  • freeze

Meanings of barbecue

  • noun
    1. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
    2. A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
    3. Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.
    4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
    5. A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
    6. A framework of sticks.
  • verb
    1. To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
    2. To grill.

Example Sentences

  • We decided to have a barbecue in the backyard for the holiday weekend.
  • They invited all their friends over for a barbecue and some games.
  • The barbecue smelled so good that it drew the attention of everyone in the neighborhood.
  • He’s an expert at grilling, and his barbecue skills are unmatched.
  • We spent the afternoon at the park, enjoying a barbecue by the lake.

On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to barbecue, such as: bake, banquet, blowout, broil, broiler, buffet, carnival.

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Related Words

table

  • abort
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  • add
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  • bake
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  • chow
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  • clambake
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  • collation
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  • cookout
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  • fry
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  • halt
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  • karoo
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  • lectern
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  • luau
  • lunch
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  • manifest
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  • meat
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  • menu
  • mesa
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  • move
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  • roast
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  • serving
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  • sideboard
  • silage
  • sink
  • slab
  • slop
  • smorgasbord
  • snack
  • spread
  • stand
  • statistics
  • stop
  • submit
  • subtract
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  • sum
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  • supper
  • supplies
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  • tea
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  • tell
  • terminate
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  • total
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  • tucker
  • upland
  • viands
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • void
  • wagon
  • wind up
  • work out
  • wrap up

jollification

warm-up

  • accustom
  • act
  • action
  • activity
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • anticipate
  • appoint
  • arm
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • assignment
  • background
  • bake
  • barbecue
  • basics
  • bask
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  • become liquid
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  • become soft
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  • break
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  • brew
  • brief
  • broil
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  • burn
  • calisthenics
  • call
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  • care for
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  • chalk talk
  • char
  • clear the decks
  • coach
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  • coddle
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  • constitutional
  • construct
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  • cook
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  • curtain lifter
  • curtain warmer
  • curtain-raiser
  • daily dozen
  • daily workout
  • decoct
  • deep fry
  • defrost
  • deliquesce
  • depict
  • describe
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  • discipline
  • dispose
  • dissolve
  • do again
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  • doctor
  • domestication
  • draft
  • draw up
  • dress
  • dress rehearse
  • drill
  • drilling
  • drum into
  • dry run
  • educate
  • education
  • endow
  • enflame
  • enkindle
  • enlighten
  • equip
  • escallop
  • examination
  • exercise
  • exercising
  • exert
  • exertion
  • experiment
  • fabricate
  • fashion
  • fill in
  • fire
  • fit
  • fit out
  • fix
  • flame
  • flow
  • flush
  • flux
  • forearm
  • form
  • formulate
  • fortify
  • foster
  • foundation
  • frame
  • french fry
  • fricassee
  • frizzle
  • fry
  • furnish
  • fuse
  • gather
  • gear up
  • get
  • get a workout
  • get in shape
  • get ready
  • get set
  • gird
  • glow
  • go over
  • go through
  • grill
  • groom
  • ground
  • grounding
  • groundwork
  • grow hot
  • grow strong
  • grow warm
  • guidance
  • guide
  • gym
  • habituate
  • harden
  • heat
  • hold a reading
  • homework
  • hone
  • ignite
  • imbue
  • improve
  • inaugural
  • incandesce
  • incinerate
  • incline
  • indoctrinate
  • indoctrination
  • inflame
  • instruct
  • instruction
  • inure
  • iterate
  • keep posted
  • kickoff
  • kindle
  • labor
  • lay the groundwork
  • lead-in
  • learning by doing
  • lesson
  • let in on
  • lick into shape
  • limber up
  • liquefy
  • loosen
  • loosen up
  • make
  • make provision
  • make ready
  • make up
  • maneuver
  • maneuvers
  • marching
  • melt
  • microwave
  • modify
  • mold
  • mollify
  • mount
  • movement
  • narrate
  • nuke
  • occupation
  • open up
  • opener
  • opening gun
  • opening shot
  • operation
  • order
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  • outfit
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  • oxidate
  • oxidize
  • panfry
  • parboil
  • pave the way
  • percolate
  • perfect
  • performance
  • perspire
  • physical jerks
  • plan
  • ply
  • poach
  • polish
  • post
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  • preamble
  • predispose
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • prep
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  • prepare
  • pressure-cook
  • preview
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  • principles
  • problem
  • produce
  • program
  • prolog
  • prologue
  • provide
  • psych up
  • pump iron
  • pursuit
  • put in order
  • put on the fire
  • put on to
  • put out
  • put through grind
  • put through mill
  • put together
  • qualify
  • raise the temperature
  • ready
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  • rear
  • recapitulate
  • recitation
  • recite
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  • reduce
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  • relate
  • relax
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  • reskill
  • review
  • roast
  • routine
  • run
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  • run-up
  • scald
  • school
  • schooling
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  • scorch
  • sear
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  • session
  • set
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  • settle
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  • shape
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  • show the ropes
  • simmer
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  • smelt
  • smooth the way
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  • spread
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  • steam
  • steel
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  • strain
  • strengthen
  • study
  • sun
  • supply
  • swelter
  • take from the top
  • tame
  • task
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  • theme
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  • try out
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  • upbringing
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  • walk through
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  • warm
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  • warmup
  • whip into shape
  • wise up
  • work
  • work out
  • work over
  • work-out
  • workout
  • zap

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