bachelor party

noun

: a party for a man who is about to be married usually attended by men only

The plot is perfect. It's got three groomsmen taking a groom to Vegas for a bachelor party, only the next morning the three groomsmen can't remember a single thing that happened, that's how blotto they got.

—Erik Hedegaard

Examples of bachelor party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The unconventional stay was also affordable, Giglia says, estimating her guests paid about $250 each for the weekend — a steal compared to her husband’s bachelor party in Los Cabos, Mexico, that ran about $800 per head. —Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026

On Netflix Summer 2026 | Comedy A forty-year-old executive hopes to save his flailing career by joining a group of twenty-somethings on a wild three-day bachelor party, after he’s inadvertently added to their group text. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026

Here’s hoping by now someone has invited him to a bachelor party. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025

In the sketch in question, SNL host of the week Glen Powell plays a groom-to-be who invites Maniscalco (as played by Hernandez) to his bachelor party. —Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bachelor party

• arty
• carty
• hearty
• parti
• astarte
• mccarty
• nonparty
• counterparty
• multiparty