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Meaning of party

- A part or portion.
- A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.
- A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.
- A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
- One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.
- The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
- Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.
- Cause; side; interest.
- A person; as, he is a queer party.
- Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
- Partial; favoring one party.
- Partly.

Crossword clue for party

- Enjoy oneself
- Political group
- Social event
- Social gathering
- Social occasion