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

2 senses of saturnalia

Sense 1
Saturnalia -- (an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn)
       => festival, fete -- (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival")

Sense 2
orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry -- (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
       => revel, revelry -- (unrestrained merrymaking)