raver
- noun
- /ˈreɪvər/
- The raver enthusiastically jumped to the beat of the electronic music all night long.
- old-school ravers
So he was all upset and he was a party animal raver.
- So he was all upset and he was a party animal raver.
- But I was a little Stoner, so I was still like this kind of, you know, Stoner raver.
- We've seen some ravers, says me, Darren.
Examples
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These two subgroups are described as separate subcultures, but ravers intermingle in both subcultures throughout the night.
Academic text (2004) -
The people there are called ravers.
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Got a right little raver here!
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You still own a pair of black raver pants.
Blog text (34) -
Look at those ravers hooking up.
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It's a weird crowd, mostly young modern primitive pierced and grungy ravers, many wearing day-glo tribal face paint.
Fiction book (1997) -
Both in the United Kingdom and the United States, ravers were identified as predominantly young and white, with U.K. ravers primarily having a working-class background as opposed to the middle-class background identified among U.S. ravers.
Academic text (2004) -
At the festival, a group of ravers danced energetically under the colorful lights.
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Many ravers express themselves through unique fashion and vibrant accessories.
Synonyms
A person who moves their body to music
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys meeting people
A person who often goes to parties and enjoys them
A person who loudly enjoys a party or festival
A person who likes going to parties and meeting people
A person who often goes to nightclubs to dance and meet people
A person who loves going to loud wild parties
A person who joins lively noisy celebrations
A person who loves to dance and move to a strong beat
Antonyms
How Wild
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Raver comes from the word rave, which in recent decades began to mean a 'big, wild dance party', so a raver is simply someone who goes to those energetic, all-night parties.