Synonyms of carouse

carouse 1 of 2

noun

as in drunk

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking

the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• spree
• binge
• carousal
• bender
• wassail
• revel
• bust
• jamboree
• drunkenness
• toot
• revelry
• orgy
• blowout
• bacchanalia
• kegger
• inebriety
• inebriation
• intoxication
• jag
• tipsiness
• bibbery
• bibulousness

carouse

2 of 2

verb

kə-ˈrau̇z 

as in to drink

to take part in drunken revelry

spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drink
• revel
• binge
• roister
• wassail
• birl
• booze
• tipple
• guzzle
• soak
• liquor (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carouse

Verb

The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026

But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026

Many foreign attendees at San Fermín have no stomach for the spectacle and spend their early evenings carousing in local bars instead. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025

In late March, a few hundred people descended on the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx with young-looking shoppers carousing and running through the complex, based on a TikTok video. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2025

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