variants
or reveller
as in celebrant
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion
wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn
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Recent Examples of reveler
On weekends, sometimes a jazz band performs behind the stairwell and revelers dance in the eaves.
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Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Five bears were stationed in the river, waiting like revelers at a Mardi Gras parade, eager for a string of beads.
—Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
San Francisco rang in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade Saturday evening, with thousands of revelers cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Just before closing time on March 1, the bar was packed with revelers dancing to ABBA, Kesha and Taylor Swift.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Five bears were stationed in the river, waiting like revelers at a Mardi Gras parade, eager for a string of beads.
—Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
San Francisco rang in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade Saturday evening, with thousands of revelers cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
Just before closing time on March 1, the bar was packed with revelers dancing to ABBA, Kesha and Taylor Swift.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reveler
Noun
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Another couple moved their entire wedding into a massive underground garage, where hundreds of celebrants could party worry-free.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Mazeroski dashed around the bases, grinning and waving his cap, joined by celebrants from the stands who had rushed on to the field and followed him to home plate, where his teammates embraced him.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are those who don’t celebrate Christmas and need a night out to laugh with other non-celebrators.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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The celebrators in Sydney, Australia, which is 19 hours ahead of California, were among the first people celebrating the holiday this year.—
Hannah Ruhoff,
Sacbee.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Reveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reveler. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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