BACCHANAL Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

bacchanal

noun

Definition of bacchanal

as in carouser

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as in orgy

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Recent Examples of bacchanal The basketball bacchanal is the thing – swapping pep bands in end zone pits and dancing mascots and eight teams taking one court chasing after the same singular prize. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 Strange rituals conducted by children unfold on the beach; dance parties at the big club devolve into fever dream bacchanals; cryptic, threatening symbols appear near the rental house. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026 For nearly 10 years running, Lesley VanNess never missed the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, a beachfront bacchanal of celebrities, booze and bites that tens of thousands of attendees pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to join. — CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 Trinidad Carnival, which wrapped this week, is the Caribbean’s biggest bacchanal, annually attracting some 35,000 revelers from across the globe. — Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bacchanal

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Noun

Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.

— Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of carouser

Noun

Police conducted surveillance as revelers entered and exited the home.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
With a huge surplus of commercial space sitting fallow in the area, the flexibility and creativity of club music might be a natural fit to repopulate the area with foot traffic and revelers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of reveler

Noun

More than 350 authors will gather on 21 stages for a three-day bacchanalia of literature, which in the past has drawn more than 25,000 people to downtown Berkeley.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Mini bars burst with silk eye covers, collagen masks, melatonin sprays and ear plugs, suggesting the bacchanalia Estelle encourages.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026

Definition of bacchanalia

Noun

Delivery had been delayed as the city grappled with the tragedy, a small but unforgettable reminder that Atlanta’s celebration had changed overnight.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
The whole thing, from the new series to the game nights themselves, even this evening’s celebrations, have the feeling of the late-1970s public access show TV Party, a loose, unpredictable New York salon helmed by Glenn O’Brien.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

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Noun

Among the attendees that evening were two lower-profile government officials whose regulatory decisions had been crucial to the future of the gala’s broadcast sponsor, CBS, and its parent company, Paramount.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
The next night at the Time 100 Sports gala, Hughes returned to the red carpet in a more traditional suit but explained the reason for his attire at the ESPYs.

— Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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