ORGY
Dictionary entry overview: What does orgy mean?
• ORGY (noun)
The noun ORGY has 3 senses:
1. any act of immoderate indulgence
2. secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
3. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Familiarity information: ORGY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ORGY (noun)
Meaning:
Any act of immoderate indulgence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
binge; orgy; splurge
Context examples:
an orgy of shopping / an emotional binge / a splurge of spending
Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):
humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)
Meaning:
Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):
religious rite; rite (an established ceremony prescribed by a religion)
Meaning:
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; bacchanalia; saturnalia; bacchanal; orgy; riot
Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):
revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)
