cocktail party

noun

Definition of cocktail partynext
as in tea party

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Recent Examples of cocktail party The big reveal came during a celebratory cocktail party and dinner held at The Crane Club in New York City Tuesday night, hosted by Tory Burch, Thom Browne, Chloe Malle and Anna Wintour. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 On September 16, following the AD PRO Design Dialogues summit in New York, attendees were invited to the new Andrée Putman Studio showroom for a festive sunset-hour cocktail party. — Ad Pro, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026 Wear them with a black dress for a fall wedding or let the leopard print dress up a simple cocktail party look. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 The move is being launched at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where IMDb is hosting an industry cocktail party on September 14. — Peter White, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cocktail party
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocktail party
  1. tea party
  2. house party
  3. hen party
  4. tea
  5. supper
  6. meet and greet
  7. symposium
  8. social
Noun
  • Beyond the guest list, the tea party itself offered plenty to take in.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of tea party
Noun
  • Police say about 100 teenagers had gathered at a home on Carlton Road in West Babylon for a house party.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In Boulder, Colorado, two students from the University of Colorado were shot, one fatally, at a Halloween house party on Saturday in an area known as The Hill near the university, according to the Boulder Police Department.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of house party
Noun
  • One hen party group nearly brought the roof down.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 2 June 2026
  • Scottish hen parties were deemed to contain ritualistic profanation.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of hen party
Noun
  • And may the extra hour afforded by the time change encourage all of us to curl up under a blanket with some tea, and replace our doomscrolling with reading.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Ember Mug 3 Smart Heated Coffee Mug The coffee or tea drinker in your life will love this heated mug that keeps beverages at the perfect temperature.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tea
Noun
  • The traditional Christmas Eve supper, known as Wigilia, begins when the first star appears in the sky, with families gathering around the Christmas table for a feast that traditionally includes 12 meatless dishes.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Chicken and Kielbasa Winter Stew This hearty supper soup takes just an hour to make.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of supper
Noun
  • Guests can meet and greet the artists, visit their studios, and even create art with them.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, Pete will meet and greet fans at an Indigenous Peoples Day event in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of meet and greet
Noun
  • The symposium is open to the public and is also being livestreamed and filmed by C-SPAN.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • At our Michigan School Census symposium held in 2026, Michigan school librarians and a principal described what that work looks like.
    — Kafi Kumasi, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of symposium
Noun
  • Hair loss and skin irritation during her time managing social at Huda Beauty in Dubai turned out to be caused by water quality, not product routine, an insight that would take years to translate into a viable brand.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher recently followed the band on socials.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 June 2026
Definition of social

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“Cocktail party.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocktail%20party. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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