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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment |
| Synonyms: | bacchanal, bacchanalia, bender, binge*, blowout, bout*, carousal, circus, debauch, dissipation, excess, feast, fling*, indulgence, jag, merrymaking, overindulgence, party, rampage*, revel, revelry, saturnalia, splurge, spree, surfeit, tear* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
| Synonyms: | Mardi Gras, amusement park, bacchanal, carny, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, feasting, festival, fete, fiesta, frolic, gala, grind show, heyday, jamboree, jollification, jubilee, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, ragbag, revelry, rout, saturnalia, side show, spree, street fair |
| Main Entry: | debauchery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immoral self-indulgence |
| Synonyms: | bender, binge, blowout, burning candle at both ends, bust, carousal, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, drunk*, excess, fast living, fornication, gluttony, incontinence, indulgence, intemperance, intimacy, la dolce vita, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, license, licentiousness, life in fast lane, lust, orgy, overindulgence, revel, revelry, seduction, sensuality, sybaritism, tear* |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, giving, mercifulness, unselfishness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unrestrained behavior |
| Synonyms: | affair, attempt, binge, celebration, crack*, essay, fun, gamble, go*, good time, indulgence, orgy, party, rampage, shot*, splurge, spree, stab*, trial, try, venture, whirl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, amusement, at-home, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout, carousal, carousing, celebration, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festive occasion, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, luncheon, movable feast, orgy, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, soiree, splurge, spree*, tea |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rampage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storm, violence |
| Synonyms: | binge, blowup, boiling point, destruction, disturbance, ferment, fling, frenzy, fury, mad*, more heat than light, orgy, rage, ruckus, splurge, spree, tear, tempest, tumult, turmoil, uproar, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wild activity |
| Synonyms: | bacchanalia, ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, carousing, celebration, field day, fling, frolic, high jinks, high time, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, merry-go-round, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip*, spending expedition, splurge, tear* |
| Antonyms: | care, thriftiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | saturnalia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feast |
| Synonyms: | bacchanal, festival, orgy, party, revelry, spree |
| Main Entry: | overindulgence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debauchery |
| Synonyms: | depravity, dissipation, excess, gluttony, intemperance, orgy, overdrinking, overeating, satiation, satiety, spoiling |
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