Synonyms of icebreaker

icebreaker

noun

1

as in supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supper
• tea
• social
• soirée
• symposium
• clambake
• masquerade
• cocktail party
• mixer
• soiree
• housewarming
• tea party
• keg party
• shower
• house party
• reception
• klatch
• blowout
• stag
• bake
• hen party
• salon
• shindig
• meet and greet
• event
• function
• kegger
• formal
• fête
• fund-raiser
• benefit
• dance
• kaffeeklatsch
• blast
• klatsch
• party
• fete
• get-together
• affair
• bash
• ball
• prom
• celebration
• binge
• gala
• do
• occasion
• orgy
• saturnalia
• bacchanalia
• bacchanal

2

as in barge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barge
• liner
• tanker
• warship
• steamship
• steamer
• freighter
• cutter
• cruiser
• corvette
• ferryboat
• superliner
• watercraft
• supertanker
• ship
• merchantman
• coaster
• lightship
• transport
• merchant ship
• flagship
• aircraft carrier
• collier
• argosy
• motor ship
• containership
• ironclad
• man-of-war
• trader
• tramp
• boat
• destroyer
• keel
• packet
• man-o'-war
• yacht
• vessel
• schooner
• sailboat
• barque
• brig
• windjammer
• clipper
• brigantine
• caravel
• ketch
• tall ship
• bark
• square-rigger
• xebec
• junk

Examples of icebreaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are screening questions about lifestyle, relationship status, education, and faith, plus icebreaker prompts. —Malia Griggs, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024

To bring a good time into the office, workplace culture expert Tom Gimbel recommends bosses bring a bit of their natural humor to the office, using harmless joke-telling or icebreakers to strengthen relationships in the workplace. —Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 23 July 2024

That question makes for a surprisingly effective icebreaker. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024

Putin’s regime styles itself an icebreaker, smashing to bits the U.S.-led international order on behalf of humanity. —Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024