party pooper

1. 1.

   someone who spoils the pleasure of others

   Synonymsspoilsportkilljoywet blanket

   Broaderunwelcome person

   Narrowerworrier

   colloquialism

Questions about party pooper

What does party pooper mean?

party pooper means "someone who spoils the pleasure of others".

What is another word for party pooper?

Close synonyms include spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is party pooper a common word?

party pooper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.