bacchanal

English Thesaurus

1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity (noun.act)

hypernym	:	revel, revelry,
definition	:	unrestrained merrymaking (noun.act)

2. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus (noun.person)

hypernym	:	buff, devotee, fan, lover,
definition	:	an ardent follower and admirer (noun.person)

3. someone who engages in drinking bouts (noun.person)

hypernym	:	drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper,
definition	:	a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person)

4. used of riotously drunken merrymaking (adj.all)

similar	:	drunk, inebriated, intoxicated,
definition	:	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) (adj.all)

5. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity (noun.act)

derivation	:	carouse, riot, roister,
definition	:	engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking (verb.social)

derivation	:	corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate,
definition	:	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social)

derivation	:	bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic,
definition	:	used of riotously drunken merrymaking (adj.all)

derivation	:	debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous,
definition	:	unrestrained by convention or morality (adj.all)

derivation	:	orgiastic,
definition	:	used of frenzied sexual activity (adj.all)

6. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus (noun.person)

derivation	:	bacchantic,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler (adj.pert)

7. used of riotously drunken merrymaking (adj.all)

derivation	:	bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia,
definition	:	a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity (noun.act)

derivation	:	orgy,
definition	:	secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity (noun.act)

8. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity (noun.act)

derivation	:	carouse, riot, roister,
definition	:	engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking (verb.social)

derivation	:	corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate,
definition	:	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social)

derivation	:	bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic,
definition	:	used of riotously drunken merrymaking (adj.all)

derivation	:	debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous,
definition	:	unrestrained by convention or morality (adj.all)

derivation	:	orgiastic,
definition	:	used of frenzied sexual activity (adj.all)

9. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus (noun.person)

derivation	:	bacchantic,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler (adj.pert)

10. used of riotously drunken merrymaking (adj.all)

derivation	:	bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia,
definition	:	a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity (noun.act)

derivation	:	orgy,
definition	:	secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity (noun.act)