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celebration - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: celebration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: commemoration of occasion, achievement
Synonyms: anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout*, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jubilation, keeping, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, spree, triumph, honoring, jollification, joviality, jubilee, magnification, memorialization, solemnization, wingding
Concept Thesaurus
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-nouns
celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding., triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations., inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy [more]; Te Deum (thanksgiving) [more]; fête [more]; holiday [more].
-verbs
celebrate, keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter., pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob., inaugurate, install, chair., rejoice [more]; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.
-adjectives
celebrating; commemorative, celebrated, immortal.
-adverbs
in honor of, in commemoration of.
Main Entry: acclaim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: expression of approval
Synonyms: acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, commendation, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back, plaudits, praise, puff, rave, recognition, PR, clapping, eulogizing, pat on the head, pumping up, strokes, stroking
Antonyms: criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation, beratement
Main Entry: bash
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: party
Synonyms: celebration, spree, wing-ding
Main Entry: commemoration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honoring, observance
Synonyms: celebration, ceremony, custom, recognition, remembrance, tribute, memorial service, monumentalization
Antonyms: neglect, negligence, forgetting, unobservance
Main Entry: commencement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ceremony marking the beginning of stage
Synonyms: admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, dawn, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff*, onset, opening, outset, proem, start, curtain-raiser, dawning, opener, services, starting point, tee off
Antonyms: cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop
Main Entry: entertainment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amusement, pleasure
Synonyms: ball*, bash*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, gaiety, game, high time*, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, blow out*, clambake, divertissement, fun and games, good time, grins, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, regalement, wingding
Antonyms: chore, drudgery, labor, task, work
Main Entry: fair
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: exposition, carnival
Synonyms: bazaar, celebration, display, exhibit, exhibition, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle, centennial, expo
Notes: a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed
Main Entry: fun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amusement, play
Synonyms: absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee
Antonyms: sadness, work
Main Entry: gala
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: festival
Synonyms: affair, ball, bash, blast*, blowout*, carnival, celebration, dance, do, festivity, fete, fiesta, function, get-together, hop, jamboree, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig*, to-do*, clambake, moveable feast, stag, wingding
Main Entry: holiday
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celebratory day; time off
Synonyms: anniversary, break, celebration, day of rest, feast, festival, festivity, fete, few days off, fiesta, gala, gone fishing, holy day, jubilee, layoff, leave, liberty, long weekend, recess, red-letter day*, saint's day, vacation
Main Entry: liturgy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: worship, ceremony
Synonyms: celebration, ceremonial, form, formality, formula, observance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, services
Main Entry: pageant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spectacle or contest
Synonyms: celebration, charade, display, exhibition, exposition, extravaganza, fair, make-believe, motorcade, parade, pomp, procession, ritual, show, tableau
Main Entry: praise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: congratulations; adoration
Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, boost, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, flattery, glorification, glory, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff*, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, thanks, tribute, worship, big hand, bravo, extolment, good word, laudation, sycophancy
Antonyms: blame, censure, condemnation, criticism
Main Entry: psalm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: song of praise
Synonyms: celebration, chant, eulogy, hymn, paean, shout, verse, canticle, chorale
Main Entry: revelry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: merrymaking
Synonyms: carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, debauchery, entertainment, festival, festivity, fun, gaiety, high jinks, jollity, party, saturnalia, spree, jollification, reveling, revelment, whoop-de-do, whoopla
Antonyms: mourning, sadness, sobriety
Main Entry: rite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ceremony, tradition
Synonyms: act, celebration, ceremonial, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity
Main Entry: sacrament
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rite
Synonyms: baptism, celebration, ceremony, communion, confession, confirmation, custom, holy orders, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, oath, observance, practice, ritual, service, vow
Main Entry: shindig
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: party
Synonyms: affair, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout*, celebration, dance, dinner, feast, festivity, function, gala, get-together, reception, shindy, social gathering
Main Entry: spree
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wild activity
Synonyms: ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, celebration, fling, frolic, high jinks, high time*, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip*, splurge, tear*, bacchanalia, carousing, field day, merry-go-round, spending expedition
Antonyms: care, thriftiness
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