bacchanal
Wild drinking celebration
A bacchanal is a wild, drunken celebration—the kind where restraint dissolves and revelry takes over.
The word comes from Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
It can describe either the event itself or a participant in such festivities: The office party devolved into a bacchanal.
The adjective bacchanal or bacchanalian describes anything marked by uninhibited indulgence.
Unrestrained collective indulgence
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- revelingLively, uninhibited celebration
dissipation · licentiousness · abandon · excess · decadence · libertinism · indulgence · profligacy
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- wineFermented grape beverage
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
carousal · wassail · tipsy · besotted · goblet · libation · tankard · vintage
Lustful woodland spirits
- DionysusGreek deity of wine
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
symposium · nymphs · pantheon · Orphism · Ariadne · ambrosia · grape-vine · tragedy
Traveling amusement attraction
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- galaFestive formal occasion
- fiestaFestive public celebration
masquerade · pageant · procession · parade · spectacle · gathering · ceremony · costumed
Not domesticated or controlled
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- frenziedWildly out of control
- tumultuousViolently agitated or disturbed
- unrestrainedNot held back
unbridled · riotous · boisterous · raucous · rowdy · madness · hysteria · abandon
orgy
Unrestrained collective indulgence
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
reveling · dissipation · licentiousness · abandon · excess · decadence · libertinism · indulgence · profligacy · raucousness
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- wineFermented grape beverage
- stuporSuspended sensibility
revelry · carousal · wassail · tipsy · besotted · goblet · libation · tankard · vintage · mead
satyrs
Lustful woodland spirits
ecstasy · symposium · nymphs · pantheon · Orphism · Ariadne · ambrosia · grape-vine · tragedy · comedy
carnival
Traveling amusement attraction
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- galaFestive formal occasion
fiesta · masquerade · pageant · procession · parade · spectacle · gathering · ceremony · costumed · fete
wild
Not domesticated or controlled
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- frenziedWildly out of control
- tumultuousViolently agitated or disturbed
unrestrained · unbridled · riotous · boisterous · raucous · rowdy · madness · hysteria · abandon · euphoria
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- ancient feastssymposium, banquet, feast, feasting, reclining
- art subjectssubject matter, landscapes, human form, religion, seascapes
- drinking partieskegger, booze-up, keg party, pub crawl, booze cruise
- Rio Carnivalsamba, samba school, samba schools, Rio Carnival, samba parade
- Caribbean slangpatois, mon, nuff, cyan, yuh
bacchanalAA meeting
Addiction recovery gathering
sobriety · abstinence · teetotaling · prohibition · moderation
bacchanalsilent retreat
Voiceless contemplative gathering
wake · funeral · vigil · Quaker meeting · meditation retreat
bacchanalprayer meeting
Gathering for communal devotion
religious service · vespers · mass · church service · worship service