variants
or revellers
as in celebrants
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 revelers
The roving outdoor Fête de la Musique last Sunday drew half a million revelers.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Bitat, 59, was dragged out of the cab and beaten as thousands of revelers celebrated in the streets outside Madison Square Garden.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Testimony by other eyewitnesses was used to corroborate defense claims that New Year’s revelers were setting off fireworks in the area that night.
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Jack Hannah,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Music moguls like Jimmy Iovine, Lucian Grange, Sean Combs, Richard Branson, David Geffen and Doug Morris were among the revelers each year, with a top industry figure singled out for their yearly accomplishments.
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Jennifer Frederick,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Solstices are often associated with pagan religions and draw revelers of different faiths.
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Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
As the parade begins, a group of revelers is popping orange confetti from the rooftop of a building at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane.
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Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
Once the floats started their passage from the southern tip of Manhattan up to City Hall, those lucky revellers who’d guaranteed themselves a spot put on their own show, one that rivalled the on-court exploits of the Knicks.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
The Times Square revelers not ready to call it quits.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Bitat, 59, was dragged out of the cab and beaten as thousands of revelers celebrated in the streets outside Madison Square Garden.
—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Testimony by other eyewitnesses was used to corroborate defense claims that New Year’s revelers were setting off fireworks in the area that night.
—
Jack Hannah,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Music moguls like Jimmy Iovine, Lucian Grange, Sean Combs, Richard Branson, David Geffen and Doug Morris were among the revelers each year, with a top industry figure singled out for their yearly accomplishments.
—
Jennifer Frederick,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
Solstices are often associated with pagan religions and draw revelers of different faiths.
—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
As the parade begins, a group of revelers is popping orange confetti from the rooftop of a building at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane.
—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
18 June 2026
Once the floats started their passage from the southern tip of Manhattan up to City Hall, those lucky revellers who’d guaranteed themselves a spot put on their own show, one that rivalled the on-court exploits of the Knicks.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
The Times Square revelers not ready to call it quits.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelers
Noun
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The downtown streets were filled with weekend visitors, most under forty, as well as wedding goers and Pride celebrants.
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Young performers with the Confidence Is Everything cheer group and musicians from the Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School led a lineup of 15 contingents dancing, marching and riding along the inner streets of the park while celebrants and passersby cheered them on.
Noun
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More than half of Father's Day celebrators (55%) plan to treat Dad to a special outing, surpassed only by greeting cards (60%) and clothing (58%).
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It’s reported that some Knicks celebrators followed the Spurs back to their hotel, jeering and egging them.
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