celebrator C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɚ/ UK /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who celebrates an occasion or event By midnight the celebrators spilled cheerfully into the square. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who celebrates an... revelercelebrantmerrymakerparticipant Word family Related forms celebratecelebrationcelebratory Etymology AI details An agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned'). celebrare Latin celeber Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # celebrator **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪtə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who celebrates an occasion or event ## Examples - By midnight the celebrators spilled cheerfully into the square. ## Synonyms - reveler - celebrant - merrymaker - participant ## Related Forms - celebrate - celebration - celebratory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: celebrare - Root: celeber ## Etymology An agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned'). ## AI Etymology Celebrator is an agent noun from celebrate, from Latin celebrare ('to honor, celebrate'), from celeber ('renowned'). The historical trail runs through celebrare in Latin and celeber in Latin. Used as a noun, celebrator now means "a person who celebrates an occasion or event", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as celebrate, celebration, and celebratory. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown