REVELERS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

revelers

noun

variants or revellers

plural of reveler

as in celebrants

one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of revelers 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 Thousands of Scottish revelers marched from a public park about a half-mile away from Boston’s 114-year-old baseball stadium and down a street behind the center-field bleachers before filling the bars behind the fabled Green Monster. —

Ken Powtak, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 Some of the event’s stylish revellers incorporate vintage graphic tees featuring legendary salseros, cornflower blue basketball shorts, special-edition Nike sneakers, and Puerto Rican flags reimagined into any and every garment or accessory imaginable (Earrings! —

CNN Money, 15 June 2026 Elation veered into chaos as revelers clashed with police, a teen was shot, multiple people were stabbed and vehicles torched or damaged, leading to at least 63 arrests. —

Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Five of those buses were damaged by revelers hitting them with bats or setting fires, cops said. —

Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelers

Noun

Even without a watch party, Game 4’s come-from-behind victory for the Knicks ended in bedlam, with 10 NYPD cops getting injured while arresting 56 jubilant fans — with celebrants destroying a yellow cab and Citi Bikes and setting off fireworks, officials said.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
But by the evening of June 12, the tone markedly changed, as police and celebrants clashed at Damen and Division.

— Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026