party
noun
[ ˈpɑːti ]
• a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.
• "an engagement party"
Similar:
social gathering,
gathering,
social occasion,
social event,
social function,
function,
get-together,
celebration,
reunion,
festivity,
jamboree,
reception,
at-home,
soirée,
social,
dance,
ball,
ceilidh,
frolic,
carousal,
carouse,
fete,
hoedown,
shower,
bake,
cookout,
levee,
keg party,
corroboree,
bashment,
luau,
tertulia,
simcha,
bash,
shindig,
shindy,
rave,
blowout,
beer-up,
disco,
do,
shebang,
bop,
hop,
whoopee,
after-party,
rave-up,
thrash,
knees-up,
beanfeast,
beano,
bunfight,
jolly,
lig,
hooley,
crack,
blast,
wingding,
kegger,
shivoo,
rage,
ding,
jollo,
rort,
jol,
squash,
squeeze,
ding-dong,
• a formally constituted political group that contests elections and attempts to form or take part in a government.
• "draft the party's election manifesto"
Similar:
faction,
political party,
group,
grouping,
side,
alliance,
affiliation,
association,
coalition,
movement,
cabal,
junta,
bloc,
camp,
set,
caucus,
sect,
• a person or people forming one side in an agreement or dispute.
• "a contract between two parties"
party
verb
• enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music.
• "put on your glad rags and party!"
Similar:
celebrate,
have fun,
enjoy oneself,
have a party,
have a good/wild time,
rave it up,
carouse,
make merry,
go out on the town,
paint the town red,
whoop it up,
let one's hair down,
make whoopee,
have a night on the tiles,
live it up,
have a ball,
go on a bender,
push the boat out,
go on a spree,
jol,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others, also in party1 (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French partie, based on Latin partiri ‘divide into parts’. party1 (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 18th century.
party
adjective
• divided into parts of different tinctures.
• "party per fess, or, and azure"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘particoloured’): from Old French parti ‘parted’, based on Latin partitus ‘divided into parts’ (from the verb partiri ).
