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reveller

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who attends revels; a partygoer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a celebrant who shares in a noisy party

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reveler, merrymaker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: celebrant, celebrator, celebrater

Narrower terms: roisterer

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English revelour. By surface analysis, revel + -er.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гуляйджия (guljajdžija) — one who attends revels
  • Dutch: zwelger — one who attends revels
  • Dutch: feestneus — one who attends revels
  • Finnish: juhlija — one who attends revels
  • German: Feiernder — one who attends revels
  • German: Feiernde — one who attends revels
  • German: Schwelger — one who attends revels
  • German: Schwelgerin — one who attends revels
  • German: Nachtschwärmer — one who attends revels
  • German: Nachtschwärmerin — one who attends revels
  • Latin: cōmīssātor — one who attends revels
  • Polish: hulaka — one who attends revels
  • Polish: imprezowicz — one who attends revels
  • Polish: imprezowiczka — one who attends revels
  • Polish: birbant — one who attends revels
  • Polish: bibosz — one who attends revels
  • Polish: lekkoduch — one who attends revels
  • Polish: kompanion — one who attends revels
  • Russian: гуля́ка (guljáka) — one who attends revels
  • Russian: кути́ла (kutíla) — one who attends revels
  • Spanish: juerguista — one who attends revels
  • Swedish: rumlare — one who attends revels
  • Swedish: svirare — one who attends revels
  • Swedish: festprisse — one who attends revels
  • Swedish: hålligångare — one who attends revels