paraders
Those who process
Paraders are people who march in a parade—participants in a public procession, whether celebratory, commemorative, or political.
The term applies equally to marching bands, float riders, and demonstrators: The paraders waved to crowds along the route.
It can carry a faintly dismissive tone when suggesting people who make a show of themselves.
Those who celebrate noisily
- celebrantsThose observing special occasions
- merrymakersPeople celebrating joyfully
- festival-goersAttendees of public celebrations
- fiestaFestive public celebration
gala · jubilee · festivity · pageantry · fanfare · spectacle · floats · confetti
Formal moving line
- demonstratorsPublic protest participants
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
- activistsPeople working for causes
- columnVertical structural element
contingent · formation · cadence · ranks · banners · placards · chanting · drumming
revelers
Those who celebrate noisily
- celebrantsThose observing special occasions
- merrymakersPeople celebrating joyfully
- festival-goersAttendees of public celebrations
fiesta · gala · jubilee · festivity · pageantry · fanfare · spectacle · floats · confetti · streamers
procession
Formal moving line
- demonstratorsPublic protest participants
- protestersThose publicly opposing something
- activistsPeople working for causes
column · contingent · formation · cadence · ranks · banners · placards · chanting · drumming · route
paradersspectators
Those who observe events
onlookers · bystanders · watchers · viewers · observers
paraderswallflowers
Timid party attendees
recluses · hiders · spectators · introverts · bystanders
- parade routeStreet for marching festivities
- parade restFormal military relaxation stance
- ticker-tape paradesCelebrations with falling paper
- rain on one's paradeDiminish another's excitement
- rain on someone's paradeSpoil another's excitement
- parade floatsDecorated platforms in marches