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celebration, fˆte or fete, function, reception, soir‚e, levee,
festivity, festivities, festival, frolic, spree, romp, carousal
or carouse, saturnalia, bacchanalia, debauch, orgy, Colloq
get-together, bash, bust, shindig or shindy, ball, at-home, do,
Brit beanfeast, beano, knees-up, US blow-out, Slang Brit rave or
rave-up, Chiefly US and Canadian wingding, bust-up, US hop:
Campbell said he had a marvellous time at your birthday party.
2 group, company, band, body, corps, gang, crew, team, squad,
troop, platoon, detachment, detail, cadre, unit, Colloq bunch,
outfit: A small party of men is trapped on the other side of
the river. 3 side, interest, faction, league, club, coalition,
bloc, division, sect, denomination, clique, coterie, set, cabal,
junta or junto, partisans, adherents, confederacy,
confederation, federation, Chiefly US and Canadian caucus: The
proliferation of political parties confuses the electorate. 4
participant, participator, confederate, associate, ally,
accomplice, accessory, approver, ratifier, upholder,
contributor, supporter, advocate, backer, aid, helper, seconder,
promoter, partisan, defender, exponent, proponent, champion: I
refuse to be a party to any illegal act. 5 individual, person,
litigant, plaintiff, defendant, side, interest, signer,
signatory, co-signatory, participant, US co-signer: The party
of the first part accuses the party of the second part of
infidelity. How many parties are there to this contract?
parvenu n. 1 parvenue, upstart, arriviste, nouveau riche, intruder,
adventurer, social climber: Usually one generation has to pass
before a parvenu is accepted by the class with which his money
associates him.
--adj. 2 nouveau riche, upstart, intrusive: This parvenu
industrialist tried to use his wealth to make up for his lack of
refinement.
pass v. 1 Often, pass by. proceed or move past, go by or past: She
passed me in the street. I didn't recognize her till she had
passed. We met like ships that pass in the night. 2 proceed,
move (onwards), go (ahead), progress, extend, lie, run, flow,
fly, roll, course, stream, drift, sweep: A flock of geese
passed overhead. 3 let pass, let go (by), overlook, disregard,
ignore, pay no heed, omit, skip: I think I'll pass on making a
decision till the proper time comes. 4 qualify (in), pass
muster (in), get or come through, succeed: Deirdre didn't