English adjective: bacchanal | |||
1. | bacchanal used of riotously drunken merrymaking | ||
Samples | A night of bacchanalian revelry. Carousing bands of drunken soldiers. Orgiastic festivity. | ||
Synonyms | bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic | ||
Similar | drunk, inebriated, intoxicated | ||
Antonyms | sober | ||
English noun: bacchanal | |||
1. | bacchanal (person) someone who engages in drinking bouts | ||
Synonyms | bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper | ||
2. | bacchanal (person) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | ||
Synonyms | bacchant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buff, devotee, fan, lover | ||
3. | bacchanal (act) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | ||
Synonyms | bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revel, revelry | ||