What is another word for Bacchants?

Pronunciation: [bˈakənts] (IPA)

Bacchants, also known as Bacchae, are followers of the Greek god of wine, fertility, and ecstasy, Dionysus. Synonyms for Bacchants include devotees, cultists, worshippers, enthusiasts, and revelers. Those who participate in Dionysian rituals may also be referred to as orgiasts, thrill-seekers or hedonists. However, it's important to note that Bacchants were known for engaging in frenzied and often violent behavior during their celebrations, so synonyms such as rioters and anarchists may also apply depending on the context. Overall, Bacchants are associated with the concept of hedonism and an unbridled pursuit of pleasure, making words like pleasure-seekers, sensualists, and debauchees also relevant synonyms for the term.

Synonyms for Bacchants:

What are the hypernyms for Bacchants?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    devotee of bacchus, follower of Bacchus, worshipper of Bacchus, worshipper of Dionysus.

Usage examples for Bacchants

For Porcia being very careful and pensive for that which was to come, and being too weak to away with so great and inward grief of mind: she could hardly keep within, but was frightened with every little noise and cry she heard, as those that art taken and possessed with the fury of the Bacchants, asking every man that came from the market-place, what Brutus did, and still sent messenger after messenger, to know what news.
"The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece"
Various
After the Bacchants were thus properly hewn, planed, unhorned, and unfanged, they were caused to seat themselves each on a stool with only one leg.
"The Student-Life of Germany"
William Howitt

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