bacchant

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/ˈbækənt//bəkant/

noun

A priest of Bacchus.

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bacchanaliandrunken revelerdrunken revellerbacchanal
OriginLatin bacchantem ← Ancient Greek Βάκχος →
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Meanings

nounbacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)

plural bacchants · plural bacchantes · alternative Bacchant

  1. A priest of Bacchus.
  2. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
adjectivebacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)

comparative more bacchant · superlative most bacchant · alternative Bacchant

  1. fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

    Synonyms: bacchanalian

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

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bacchanalian

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who engages in drinking bouts

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drunken revelerdrunken revellerbacchanal
Broader
drinkerimbibertoper

nouna drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

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bacchanal
Broader
fanbuffdevotee
Also see
bacchanalborachiodrunkdrunkardlushpissheadpisspotsoakspongesuckertoperwino

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΒάκχος
  2. Latinbacchantem
  3. Englishbacchant

Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

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APA

bacchant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacchant

MLA

“bacchant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacchant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bacchant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bacchant.

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