gatecrasher

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noun

A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.

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party crashercrasherunwelcome guest
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Meanings

noungatecrasher (plural gatecrashers)

plural gatecrashers · alternative gate crasher · alternative gate-crasher

  1. slangA person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.

    Synonyms: party crasher

  2. Asian EnglishThe groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.

Similar
party crasher

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying

Similar
crasherunwelcome guest
Broader
intruderinterlopertrespasser
Also see
crasherparty crasherrando

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From gate + crasher.

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Translations

Finnish kuokkavieras
  • kuokkavierasa person who gatecrashes
French incruste, pique-assiette
  • incrustea person who gatecrashes
  • pique-assiettea person who gatecrashes
  • resquilleura person who gatecrashes
  • resquilleusea person who gatecrashes
German Eindringling
  • Eindringlinga person who gatecrashes
Polish osoba wchodząca na krzywy ryj
  • osoba wchodząca na krzywy ryja person who gatecrashes
Portuguese penetra
  • penetraa person who gatecrashes
Russian незва́ный гость, незва́ная го́стья
  • незва́ный гость (nezványj gostʹ)a person who gatecrashes
  • незва́ная го́стья (nezvánaja góstʹja)a person who gatecrashes
  • безбиле́тник (bezbilétnik)a person who gatecrashes
  • безбиле́тница (bezbilétnica)a person who gatecrashes
Spanish paracaidista, colado
  • paracaidistaa person who gatecrashes
  • coladoa person who gatecrashes
  • gorróna person who gatecrashes
Tagalog kalatog-pinggan
  • kalatog-pinggana person who gatecrashes
Cite this entry
APA

gatecrasher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatecrasher

MLA

“gatecrasher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatecrasher. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatecrasher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatecrasher.

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