'Bacchanal' definitions:

Definition of 'bacchanal'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]
noun
Someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchanal, bacchant]
noun
A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: bacchant, bacchanal]
noun
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]

Definition of 'Bacchanal'

From: GCIDE
  • Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\, a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.]
  • 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bacchanal'

From: GCIDE
  • Bacchanal \Bac"cha*nal\ (b[a^]k"k[.a]*nal), n.
  • 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bacchanal'

From: Moby Thesaurus