PARTY ANIMAL Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

party animal

noun

Definition of party animal

as in roisterer

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Recent Examples of party animal Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women. — Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026 Release your inner party animal with capris in a fun, sheer leopard print, perfect for a girls' night out. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 When Charlie accidentally concusses himself and forgets their whole night together, Nora enlists the help of best friend and party animal Hailey to painstakingly recreate the same bash, beat by unhinged beat, to win him over again. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026 As the team toasted his 900th career win as a major-league manager, Counsell downed the bitter-tasting liqueur, a celebratory gesture for someone who’s not exactly known as a party animal. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for party animal

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Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.

— Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of carouser

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The bride also offered to make her childhood friend Celeste Sykes, who would act as the celebrant, an outfit, as well as dressing her sisters, her parents, her father- and brother-in-law, several more friends, and her groom.

— Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Once in the air conditioning, celebrants were treated to a drag bingo afternoon.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of celebrant

Noun

Prosecutors also described the killings of Tyrek Hill, 25, and Timothy Schmidt, 19, as spontaneous and cold-blooded, his targets picked randomly among the tens of thousands of partygoers that night.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Six other partygoers were treated for injuries at local hospitals.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of partygoer

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