orgy[noun]Synonyms:- revel, bacchanalia, carousal, debauch, revelry, Saturnalia
- spree, binge
(informal), bout, excess, indulgence, overindulgence, splurge, surfeit
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
or‧gy /ˈɔːdʒi $ ˈɔːr-/
noun (
plural orgies)
[countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Old French;
Origin: orgie, from Latin orgia (plural), from Greek]
1. a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity:
the drunken orgies of their youth2. sexual activity in a group
3. an orgy of something used to emphasize that people suddenly do a lot of a particular activity, especially far too much of it:
an orgy of spending
an orgy of violence—orgiastic /ˌɔːdʒiˈæstɪk◂ $ ˌɔːr-/
adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲