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
New Year’s Eve revelers, grab your hats and gloves – much of the country is in for a frigid start to 2026 with cold dominating forecasts all the way down to Florida.
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Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
For decades, law enforcement officials have issued public pleas to revelers not to fire guns into the air on Independence Day and New Year’s Eve, an annual phenomenon in some neighborhoods that has occasionally led to people being maimed or killed.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities on Friday began the grim task of identifying the mostly young victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed around 40 people and injured 119 revelers at a ski resort in Crans-Montana.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of revelers, many with their tots in tow, turned out Wednesday for daytime balloon drops on New Year’s Eve at Chabot Space and Science Center and Hiller Aviation Museum.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2026
Officials on Thursday said the total number of revelers at the New Year’s Eve event is currently unknown, but will be part of the ongoing investigation.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Actor and comedian Richard Kind was among the revelers who attended Mamdani’s inauguration.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Great expectations Mamdani’s plan for a massive inaugural street party that will fill seven blocks of Broadway with 40,000 revelers will only amp up the expectations.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
In New York City’s Times Square, revelers braved frigid temperatures to see the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
For decades, law enforcement officials have issued public pleas to revelers not to fire guns into the air on Independence Day and New Year’s Eve, an annual phenomenon in some neighborhoods that has occasionally led to people being maimed or killed.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Swiss authorities on Friday began the grim task of identifying the mostly young victims of a deadly New Year’s Eve bar fire that killed around 40 people and injured 119 revelers at a ski resort in Crans-Montana.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of revelers, many with their tots in tow, turned out Wednesday for daytime balloon drops on New Year’s Eve at Chabot Space and Science Center and Hiller Aviation Museum.
—Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2026
Officials on Thursday said the total number of revelers at the New Year’s Eve event is currently unknown, but will be part of the ongoing investigation.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Actor and comedian Richard Kind was among the revelers who attended Mamdani’s inauguration.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Great expectations Mamdani’s plan for a massive inaugural street party that will fill seven blocks of Broadway with 40,000 revelers will only amp up the expectations.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
In New York City’s Times Square, revelers braved frigid temperatures to see the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelers
Noun
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In Russia, celebrants observe the holiday by taking part in the Eastern Orthodox tradition of baptizing themselves in cold lakes.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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Naturally, the sidewalks are lined with post-ski and snowboard celebrants all winter long.—
Crai S Bower,
Outside,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Kelly Ripa's war with ungrateful Halloween holiday celebrators has waged into 2025.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Spooky celebrators get to partake in Halloween festivities on a Friday this year, offering a change of pace from years past when the holiday falls before a work or school day.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Revelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revelers. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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