reception

noun

1 the reception of the goods:

receipt, receiving, getting, acceptance;

rare recipience.

2 the reception of foreign diplomatic representatives:

greeting, welcome, welcoming, entertaining.

3 they met with a chilly reception from my mother:

response, reaction, treatment;

acknowledgment, recognition.

4 there was a small reception after the preview:

(formal) party, function, social occasion, social event, entertainment, soirée, gathering, get-together, celebration;

North American levee;

informal do, bash;

British, informal rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano.