carouse
3 synonyms for carouse, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To take part in a lively, often drunken, party.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
roister
revel
Etymology
Came into English from Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), which came from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
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