party animals

noun

plural of party animal
as in carousers

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  1. revelers
  2. partygoers
  3. celebrants
  4. partyers
Noun
  • Every year, locals as well as revelers from across the East Bay gather to fete the district at the Laurel StreetFair World Music Festival, which on August 8 will celebrate its 25th anniversary.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Newcastle have shifted strategy, and while there are plenty of reasons for that, there is little evidence the dreams of those 2021 revellers will be realised any time soon.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of revelers
Noun
  • For a moment of peace, some partygoers stepped into the fresh summer night for a quick smoke break on the venue’s patio.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • Dim sum raves transform historic teahouses into energetic spaces where partygoers eat dim sum beneath disco balls.
    — Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of partygoers
Noun
  • Once in the air conditioning, celebrants were treated to a drag bingo afternoon.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
  • While the dangerous temperatures shuttered a slew of events, celebrants still packed the streets in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of celebrants
Noun
  • Now it was clogged with partiers.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Below him, drunken partiers are stumbling back from a day in the unrelenting sun at the MGM Grand’s pool, many of them carrying inflatable tubes, and nearly all in various stages of undress.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
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