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cocktail party

noun

Definition of cocktail partynext
as in tea party

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Recent Examples of cocktail party On Friday afternoon, Disney’s marketing team hosted a cocktail party for influencers. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 And somehow — because this is how life on the cocktail party circuit works sometimes — their paths converged, maybe 30 yards from Babe Ruth’s plaque and just around the corner from the goosebumpy Ted Williams sculpture. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The living room, meanwhile, was large enough for an intimate cocktail party, with a wet bar and plenty of comfortable seating. — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026 The energy and crowd matched the vision—like a who’s who cocktail party. — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 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
  • Kremer was active in the tea party movement, which arose in opposition to government spending during President Barack Obama’s first term.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The vacation also included horseback riding, visiting an aquarium and an afternoon tea party.
    — Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea party
Noun
  • Plenty of people hire the whole place and throw the ultimate decadent house party.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Biles was quickly approached by Paris Hilton’s husband Carter Reum and invited to a house party.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 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
  • There’s no point in debating with customers whether the perfect pot of tea or espresso coffee brews better at temperatures that don’t peel the skin from the roof of your mouth.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Cool off with 8 unique tea lattes that take you around the world, a guide by Melody Xu.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of tea
Noun
  • Earlier that evening during his last supper with his disciples, we are told Jesus himself had fervently prayed.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Whip up this supper on a gray day to clear the poor weather haze.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of supper
Noun
  • This event includes a character meet and greet, live entertainment, giveaways and trick-or-treat stations.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Christina Grimmie Christina Grimmie’s death shocked The Voice fans when she was shot and killed during a meet and greet on June 10, 2016.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of meet and greet
Noun
  • Similar symposiums have been held at the same location in Septembers past, but the tenor of this year’s, hosted by TreePeople, was different.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 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 22 Sep. 2026.

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