| Main Entry: | jamboree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noisy celebration |
Synonyms: |
bash*, blowout, ceremony, convention, festival, gathering, hoopla, jubilee, party, rally, revelry, shindig, wingding |
| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
Synonyms: |
Mardi Gras, amusement park, bacchanal, carny, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, feasting, festival, fete, fiesta, frolic, gala, grind show, heyday, jamboree, jollification, jubilee, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, ragbag, revelry, rout, saturnalia, side show, spree, street fair |
| Main Entry: | festivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, revelry |
Synonyms: |
amusement, bash*, blowout, carousal*, clambake, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, party, pleasure, revel, reveling, revelment, shindig*, sport, whoopee, wingding |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Main Entry: | gala |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | festival |
Synonyms: |
affair, ball, bash, blast*, blowout, carnival, celebration, clambake, dance, do, festivity, fete, fiesta, function, get-together, hop, jamboree, moveable feast, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig*, stag, to-do, wingding |
| Main Entry: | spree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wild activity |
Synonyms: |
bacchanalia, ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, carousing, celebration, field day, fling, frolic, high jinks, high time, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, merry-go-round, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip*, spending expedition, splurge, tear* |
Antonyms: |
care, thriftiness |
| Main Entry: | carousal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debauchery |
Synonyms: |
bacchanals, banquet, bender, binge, carouse, drunk, feast, festival, frolic, jamboree, jamboree, orgy, revel, romp, saturnalia, shindy, spree, wassail |