revel

Meaning

Noun

1. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
2. A kind of dance.
3. A wake for the dead.

Verb

1. To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
2. To take delight (in something).

Verb

To draw back; to retract.

Synonyms

carouse

delight

make merry

enjoy

feast

frolic

revelry

roister

luxuriate

fun

rejoice

wassail

live it up

jollify

junket

make happy

spree

make whoopie

whoop it up

racket

sport

carousal

banquet

celebrate

take pleasure

wallow

whoopee

be intoxicated

live luxuriously

kick-up

celebrate with feasting

amuse

merry-meeting

amusement

bask

bean-feast

beguile

binge

buster

celebration

debauch

debauchery

entertain

exult

festivity

flutter

gallivant

glad

happy

😀

indulge

jollification

jubilation

merriment

party

🥳

recreate

skylark

solemnization

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛv.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.