Synonyms of wassail

wassail 1 of 2

noun

ˈwä-səl 

as in drunk

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking

woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• spree
• binge
• carouse
• bender
• carousal
• jamboree
• toot
• bust
• drunkenness
• revel
• revelry
• orgy
• blowout
• kegger
• bacchanalia
• inebriation
• intoxication
• inebriety
• jag
• tipsiness
• bibbery
• bibulousness

wassail

2 of 2

verb

as in to drink

to take part in drunken revelry

the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drink
• binge
• carouse
• revel
• roister
• birl
• booze
• tipple
• liquor (up)
• soak
• guzzle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wassail

Noun

Enjoy Harvest Cider, special wassail cocktails, live music, costume contest and the Blessing of the Trees. — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024

One of the most traditional holiday drinks of them all, wintertime wassail gets a contemporary update in this flavorful drink recipe. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023

Each glass of this nonalcoholic wassail is garnished with an apple slice and cinnamon stick. — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023

Verb

Some speculate that wassailing predates Christianity in the region; others note its association with the Christian holiday of Twelfth Night. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 Dec. 2025

Image Image In the village of Midsomer Norton, about 50 miles away, 100 people or so turned out for a community event to wassail three small apple trees in the local park. — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025

Reisinger's Apple Country, located in Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake, also has a wassailing event on the horizon. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2018

There was toasting and wassailing all around And cinnamon sticks in yule logs were wrapped and bound. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017

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