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invitee

invitee

3 3.3
A person who is asked to come to an event as a guest
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈvaɪti/
translation icon : invitado
  • The bride and groom carefully reviewed their list of invitees for the wedding to ensure no one was forgotten.

And you have created the invitee list.

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Examples

  • The first Art Think invitee was the New York-based performance artist Ryan McNamara.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The key invitees were all former Fulbright Lecturers at MGU.

    Academic text (2003)
  • But so far, any invitee has to be a "friend," which neither party wants either.

    Blog text (16)
  • Eighty-four percent of our invitees agreed to participate.

    Academic text (2010)
  • When Jimmy showed her his list of invitees for Thanksgiving, she hesitated.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The committee helps determine which teams will be invited to the NCAA tournament and rank orders the 64 invitees.

    Academic text (1994)
  • A series of team-building workshops trained local investigators, together with university students, researchers, and other invitees.

    Academic text (2008)
  • On the flip side, if you're the invitee, be mindful of the birthday guy or gal's feelings.

    Blog text (23)
  • RESULTS: Of the 307 invitees, 90 surgeons responded, of whom 76 met the inclusion criteria.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Participants were limited to those directly involved in the paradigm shift, and all invitees accepted, with the exception of one part-time teacher and one full-time teacher.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

guest
vsinvitee
1.0

A person invited to someone's home, hotel, restaurant, or event

is asked to come more generally not only when receiving hospitality
convocant
vsinvitee
  • Formal
9.9

A person invited to attend a meeting

is asked to come to places or events not only meetings

How Welcome

guest of honor
  • Formal
34 3.5
invitee
3 3.3
party crasher
  • Informal
7 7.0

Surface Forms

invitee singular
invitees plural

Morphology

invitee = invite (transparent) = invite + ee

Formed by the verb 'invite' plus the common patient nominalizer '-ee', meaning 'a person who is invited'.

Etymology

The word invitee is built from invite and the ending -ee, which means 'the person who receives'. You see -ee in employee and trainee, so an invitee is simply someone who is invited, a guest.