Entry Word: killjoy

Function: noun

Meaning: a person who spoils the pleasure of others <his constant negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun>

Synonyms party pooper, spoilsport

Related Words fuddy-duddy, goody-goody, old maid, stick-in-the-mud; defeatist, pessimist; complainer, grouch, sorehead, whiner

Near Antonyms cutup, live wire; carouser, celebrant, celebrator, merrymaker, reveler (or reveller), roisterer; libertine, playboy, rake