revel

Examples

• All

• "Our revels... now are ended."

  The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

• The feast went late into the night, with many who departed the courtyard continuing their revels in the local bars.

  Academic text (2006)

• These public revels are hardly up your alley.

  Gods and Monsters (1998)

• A victory should be honoured with revels.

  Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• For revels, dances, masques and merry hours...

  Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

• Tonight is a Druid holy night, a late-summer revel and gathering-in of female force.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Antipater's Anacreon delights in the loud-voiced revels of Dionysus.

  Academic text (2016)

• The festival included a lively revel with music, dancing, and plenty of food.

• After their big win, the team enjoyed a celebratory revel that lasted all night.

• The village prepared for the annual summer revel, filled with joy, laughter, and dancing.

Synonyms

C

celebration

vsrevel

430 1.0

A happy event such as a party that marks a special occasion or achievement

is specifically lively noisy partying often with drinking and dancing

F

festivity

vsrevel

69 3.5

A happy public celebration with music and decorations

is usually noisier and more drinking centered than this general term

W

whoopee

vsrevel

• Informal

21 8.8

A loud, lively party with cheering and dancing

is similar but highlights general boisterous fun rather than drinking focus

R

revelry

vsrevel

9 6.1

Lively noisy party with drinking and dancing

is the common word for that exact kind of party

R

rager

vsrevel

• Slang

8 8.9

A loud, wild party with many people and music

often implies less emphasis on wildness and more on dancing and drinking

R

rejoicing

vsrevel

6 2.8

Great joy and celebration after good news or success

focuses more on loud noisy partying with drinking and dancing rather than emotion only

M

merrymaking

vsrevel

3 4.4

Happy activities at a party, like singing and dancing

focuses more on noisy celebration with drinking and dancing rather than just participation

W

wingding

vsrevel

• Informal

2 7.8

A lively party with music, dancing, and fun

is a general noisy celebration but may include heavy drinking

R

rave-up

vsrevel

• UK

1 9.1

A lively noisy party with loud music and dancing

usually means lively noisy celebration not necessarily all night

C

carousal

vsrevel

• Archaic

9.8

A noisy party where people drink and have fun

focuses on drinking and rowdiness rather than general celebration

R

rort

vsrevel

• Australian

9.9

A loud, fun party common in Australia and New Zealand

is the neutral word used widely not regional slang

J

jollification

vsrevel

• Archaic

8.8

A lively celebration with people having fun

includes noisy drinking and dancing rather than only cheerful gathering

D

drunken revelry

vsrevel

7.9

A loud party where people drink too much and act wild

is similar but does not always stress excess or wild behaviour

H

hurrah's nest

vsrevel

• Informal

9.9

A noisy joyful party with people cheering and running around

is usually lively and noisy but less chaotic and more social

Antonyms

M

mourning

8 3.9

A period after someone dies when people show deep sadness

How Festive

revel

5 6.3

party

∞ 1.0

celebration

430 1.0

gathering

203 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology