celebrants

noun

plural of celebrant
as in celebrators
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion all of the celebrants at the birthday party received a favor to take home

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Recent Examples of celebrants While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged. — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026 The downtown streets were filled with weekend visitors, most under forty, as well as wedding goers and Pride celebrants. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 But by the evening of June 12, the tone markedly changed, as police and celebrants clashed at Damen and Division. — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 Another couple moved their entire wedding into a massive underground garage, where hundreds of celebrants could party worry-free. — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 What celebrants are celebrating, exactly, is diverse and personal. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Each year during Passover, at the seder meal, celebrants of the Jewish holiday recite the Ten Plagues of Egypt in sequence while removing 10 drops of wine from their cups. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 Even without a watch party, Game 4’s come-from-behind victory for the Knicks ended in bedlam, with 10 NYPD cops getting injured while arresting 56 jubilant fans — with celebrants destroying a yellow cab and Citi Bikes and setting off fireworks, officials said. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 Young performers with the Confidence Is Everything cheer group and musicians from the Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School led a lineup of 15 contingents dancing, marching and riding along the inner streets of the park while celebrants and passersby cheered them on. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for celebrants
  1. celebrators
  2. revelers
Noun
  • Tourists and Independence Day celebrators are expected to flock to Independence Mall on Saturday, when the new panels could be on display if the National Park Service installs them in time.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • Amethyst Martinez In New York City, celebrators had a plethora of events to choose from to mark the United States' 250th anniversary of its independence.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of celebrators
Noun
  • Bottles of alcohol were passed from hand to hand among young revelers as hundreds more tried to push closer to the city center, some succeeding, many others turned back by the crush of the crowd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • At least some of the revellers seemed to enjoy this impromptu set.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of revelers

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