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| Main Entry: | fete |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, party |
| Synonyms: | ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, fiesta, gala |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw a party for someone |
| Synonyms: | celebrate, entertain, feast, festival, holiday, honor, lionize, treat, wine and dine*, hold reception for, make much of, roll out the red carpet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | banquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal dinner, usually ceremonial |
| Synonyms: | feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat |
| Main Entry: | bazaar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair; sale place |
| Synonyms: | exchange, exposition, fete, market, marketplace, mart |
| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
| Synonyms: | Mardi Gras, amusement park, bacchanal, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, festival, fete, fiesta, frolic, gala, heyday, jamboree, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, revelry, rout, saturnalia, spree, carny, feasting, grind show, jollification, jubilee, ragbag, side show, street fair |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball*, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dinner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evening meal |
| Synonyms: | banquet, blowout*, chow*, collation, din-din, eats*, feast, feedbag, fete, main meal, major munch, potluck, principal meal, refection, regale, repast, ribs, spread*, supper, table d'hôte |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banquet and celebration |
| Synonyms: | barbecue, blow*, blowout*, carnival, carousal, dinner, entertainment, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gala, merrymaking, picnic, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat, wassail, big feed, clambake, fest, jollification, potlatch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | festival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, fete, fiesta, gala, holiday, merrymaking, treat, festivities, field day, jubilee |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wine and dine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain in style |
| Synonyms: | feast, feed, fete, mess, regale, cook for, have to dinner |
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, amusement, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout*, carousal, celebration, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, orgy*, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, splurge*, spree*, tea, at-home, carousing, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, festive occasion, luncheon, movable feast, soiree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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