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Synonyms for wassail

Most common

make merry racket whoop it up jollify drink toast carol

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To toast, to drink to the health of another.

    The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.

  2. v. 2

    To drink wassail.

  3. n. 1

    A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.

Related words

Word family
wassailer

Forms

Plural
wassails → cups, revelries, debauches, sprees…
Past participle
wassailed
e.g. wassailed → reveled, racketed, jollified, drinken…

Example sentences

  • racket Do you know where George bought his tennis racket?
  • drink You'll soon come to enjoy the food and drink here.
  • toast I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wassailrising
racketrising
drinkrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cup1
5 letters
drink1, toast1, carol2, spree1, revel2
6 letters
pledge1, salute2, racket2
7 letters
racquet2, revelry3, debauch, carouse2, jollify
8 letters
carousal, potation
10 letters
saturnalia
11 letters
compotation
13 letters
jollification

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carol2 = 2 syllables).