| ADJECTIVE | all | bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic | used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
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| NOUN | person | bacchanal, drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant | someone who engages in drinking bouts |
| person | bacchanal, bacchant | a drunken reveller | |
| act | bacchanal, orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| Sounds | bae'kihnahl; bahkey'nahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Used of riotously drunken merrymaking. | |
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| Example | "a night of bacchanalian revelry" | |
| Synonyms | bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic | |
| Broader | intoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone | stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
| Spanish | bacanal, desenfrenado, orgiástico | |
| Catalan | bacanal, bàquic | |
| Nouns | bacchanal | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| Meaning | someone who engages in drinking bouts. | |
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| Synonyms | drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant | |
| Broader | drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer | A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) |
| Spanish | borracho | |
| Catalan | borratxo | |
| Meaning | A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. | |
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| Synonym | bacchant | |
| Broader | fan, buff, devotee, lover | An ardent follower and admirer |
| Spanish | bacanal, bacante, ménade | |
| Catalan | bacant, mènade | |
| Meaning | A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. | |
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| Synonyms | orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry | |
| Broader | revel, revelry | unrestrained / unrestrained merrymaking |
| Spanish | bacanal, borrasca, libertinaje, orgía | |
| Catalan | bacanal, llibertinatge, orgia | |
| Adjectives | bacchanalian, bacchanal | used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
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