English noun: party |
| 1. | party (group) an organization to gain political power |
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| Samples | In 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level.
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| Synonyms | political party |
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| Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American Federalist Party, American Labor Party, American Party, Anti-Masonic Party, Black Panthers, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Dixiecrats, Farmer-Labor Party, Federal Party, Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Gironde, GOP, Green Party, Greenback Party, Guomindang, Know-Nothing Party, Kuomintang, labor party, labour party, Liberal Democrat Party, Liberal Party, Liberty Party, Militant Tendency, National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi Party, Opposition, People's Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Social Democratic Party, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party, States' Rights Democratic Party, third party, war party, Whig Party |
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| Member meronym | form of government, political system |
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| 2. | party (group) a group of people gathered together for pleasure |
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| Samples | She joined the party after dinner.
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| Broader (hypernym) | social affair, social gathering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dance, dinner, dinner party, fete champetre, garden party, hen party, housewarming, lawn party, mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, mixer, open house, reception, reunion, shindig, shindy, shower, slumber party, smoker, sociable, social, soiree, stag party, wedding, wedding party |
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| 3. | party (group) a band of people associated temporarily in some activity |
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| Samples | They organized a party to search for food.
The company of cooks walked into the kitchen.
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| Synonyms | company |
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| Broader (hypernym) | band, circle, lot, set |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fatigue party, landing party, party to the action, party to the transaction, rescue party, search party, stretcher party, war party |
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| 4. | party (event) an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment |
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| Samples | He planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day.
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| Broader (hypernym) | affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bash, birthday party, brawl, bun-fight, bunfight, ceilidh, cocktail party, dance, do, feast, fete, fiesta, house party, jolly, tea party, whist drive |
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| 5. | party (person) a person involved in legal proceedings |
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| Samples | The party of the first part.
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assignee, assignor, contractor, intervenor, Jane Doe, John Doe, litigant, litigator, reversioner, Richard Roe, tort-feasor, tortfeasor, vouchee |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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