English noun: Bacchanalia | |||
1. | Bacchanalia (act) an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) | ||
Synonyms | Dionysia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | festival, fete | ||
2. | bacchanalia (act) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | ||
Synonyms | bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revel, revelry | ||