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rager

rager

1 8.8
A person who loves going to loud wild parties
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪdʒər/
  • Slang
translation icon : fiestero
  • At the festival, the rager danced non-stop and brought the energy to the crowd.

Examples

  • Daddy... he might be a drinker and a rager... - but he goes to church.

    A Thousand Acres (1997)

  • We're ragers.

    Muriel's Wedding (1994)

  • It's a rager.

    Threshold (2020)

  • Rager, man!

    Marmaduke (2010)

  • A Park Avenue rager?

    Fiction book (2002)

  • A chorus of faux-ragers from the Huffington Post to NBC's Andrea Mitchell hammered Mrs. Romney for her double-whammy sandwich of elitism and racism.

    Blog text (31)

  • She was known as a true rager, always the life of the party and ready to celebrate.

  • The best parties are filled with ragers who love to dance and have a great time.

Synonyms

partier
vsrager
  • Informal
22 3.9

A person who often goes to parties and enjoys meeting people

is more intense and noisy at parties than casual attendance
reveler
vsrager
  • US
10 4.6

A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival

is more intensely wild and energetic at parties
party animal
vsrager
  • Informal
8 4.0

A person who often goes to parties and likes to have fun

is wilder and louder at parties rather than just frequent attendance
partyer
vsrager
  • Informal
1 3.7

A person who likes going to parties and meeting people

is typically wilder and more energetic at parties than mere enjoyment
roisterer
vsrager
  • Archaic
9.8

A person who celebrates loudly and behaves wildly

is louder and more wild in behavior at parties
rollicker
vsrager
8.2

A person who is lively and loud at social events

is more focused on wild party energy than general liveliness
roister-doister
vsrager
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who behaves loudly and wildly at parties

is similarly loud but often more energetic and wild
carouser
vsrager
  • Archaic
9.5

A person who enjoys loud, lively drinking parties

is focused on wild party energy rather than drinking alone
drunken reveler
vsrager
7.2

A person who celebrates wildly while drunk

is wild even when alcohol is not involved
bead-rattler
vsrager
  • US
9.9

A person who makes loud, joyful noise at celebrations to excite people

is more about energetic wild partying than only making noise

Antonyms

introvert
21 5.1

A person who prefers being alone or small groups and feels tired by social activity

homebody
8 5.5

A person who likes to stay at home rather than go out

How Wild

rager
  • Slang
1 8.8
raver
3 8.0
partier
  • Informal
22 3.9
partygoer
10 3.0
wallflower
  • Informal
11 7.0

Surface Forms

rager singular
ragers plural

Morphology

rager = rage (semi-transparent) = rage + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'rage' yields 'person who rages/parties', but the 'party' sense of the verb is informal and may not be known to all learners.

Etymology

Rager comes from rage ('strong feeling') plus -er, and it can mean a person who 'rages' at parties — someone who loves loud, wild fun. So a rager is a person who keeps the party going.