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Party definition

Party is a noun meaning "an organization to gain political power." It has 6 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
noun, verb
Syllables
2
Letters
5
How common
Everyday word

Party as a noun

  1. an organization to gain political power

    "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

    Same sense: political party

  2. a gathering of people for pleasure

    "she joined the party after dinner"

  3. a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

    "they organized a party to search for food"

    Same sense: company

  4. an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

    "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"

  5. a person involved in legal proceedings

    "the party of the first part"

Party as a verb

  1. have or participate in a party

    "The students were partying all night before the exam"

Synonyms and antonyms

How to say party

Party has 2 syllables and rhymes with hearty. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with party

PARTY in word games

Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
10
Anagrams
0

Is PARTY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PARTY in the word checker, or unscramble PARTY to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.