Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun potlatch

1 sense of potlatch

Sense 1
potlatch -- (a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment))
       => ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance -- (a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor")
       => fete, feast, fiesta -- (an elaborate party (often outdoors))