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
Nightly dance parties at the park’s concession building featuring tunes from an old jukebox cap the experience for revelers.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Bruno sang his heart out in front of 64,000 hot, sweaty revelers, telling those gathered (in Hebrew) that wanted to marry them.
—Noa Tishby, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The show's runaway success and growing anticipation for the second season, which releases in December 2025, means revelers will surely be met with a sea of blue jumpsuits, ghoulish face paint and makeshift Pipboys this Halloween season for the second year in a row.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Still, that discomfort runs through the 71-minute movie in the characters’ bid to tear through the bars of Krakow, preying on innocent revellers and luring them to their deaths.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
More than 200 years later, the event has turned into a global phenomenon with revelers enjoying the best of German culture, from beer to brats and polka music.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Thousands of revelers will gather to enjoy 10 different German and German-style brews pouring for nearly eight hours.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Related Stories Setoodeh, along with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey and Chanel Canada CEO Gregoire Collignon, addressed the revelers with speeches that underscored the strides being made by women behind the camera.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The crew from Whiskey in the Jar won the wet and wild 2025 Hamtramck Yacht Races as revelers lined Jos Campau Avenue and hurled tens of thousands of water balloons at racers – and each other – to celebrate Labor Day.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Bruno sang his heart out in front of 64,000 hot, sweaty revelers, telling those gathered (in Hebrew) that wanted to marry them.
—Noa Tishby, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
The show's runaway success and growing anticipation for the second season, which releases in December 2025, means revelers will surely be met with a sea of blue jumpsuits, ghoulish face paint and makeshift Pipboys this Halloween season for the second year in a row.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Still, that discomfort runs through the 71-minute movie in the characters’ bid to tear through the bars of Krakow, preying on innocent revellers and luring them to their deaths.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
More than 200 years later, the event has turned into a global phenomenon with revelers enjoying the best of German culture, from beer to brats and polka music.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Thousands of revelers will gather to enjoy 10 different German and German-style brews pouring for nearly eight hours.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Related Stories Setoodeh, along with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey and Chanel Canada CEO Gregoire Collignon, addressed the revelers with speeches that underscored the strides being made by women behind the camera.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The crew from Whiskey in the Jar won the wet and wild 2025 Hamtramck Yacht Races as revelers lined Jos Campau Avenue and hurled tens of thousands of water balloons at racers – and each other – to celebrate Labor Day.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelers
Noun
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As churches hold religious services this weekend, celebrants across the country are wrestling with how to help their congregations cope with and make sense of the tragedy at the Annunciation Church.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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Cops have arrested three of the illicit synagogue celebrants and were looking for the fourth, police said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Tatis missing Last night’s celebration went off without one of the team’s brightest stars, biggest contributors and most prolific celebrators, same as last night’s game was played without him.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Revelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revelers. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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