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Main Entry:	gala
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	celebratory
Synonyms:	bright, colorful, convivial, festive, gay, happy, jovial, joyful, merry, festal

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

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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:	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

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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:	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

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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:	festive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	decorated, celebratory
Synonyms:	blithe, carnival, cheery, chipper, convivial, gala, gay, gleeful, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy, perky, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy, bouncy, carnivalesque, chirpy, festal, go-go, grooving, juiced up, rocking
Antonyms:	depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated

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Main Entry:	fete
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	celebration, party
Synonyms:	ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, fiesta, gala

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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

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Main Entry:	revel
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	celebration, merrymaking
Synonyms:	bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gala, high jinks, jollity, merriment, party, saturnalia, spree, wassail, jollification, reveling, revelment, skylarking, whoopee

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

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Main Entry:	special
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	distinguished, distinctive; important in own way
Synonyms:	appropriate, best, certain, characteristic, chief, choice, definite, different, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, festive, first, gala, individual, limited, main, major, marked, memorable, momentous, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, personal, primary, proper, rare, red-letter, reserved, restricted, select, set, significant, sole, specialized, specific, uncommon, unique, unreal, unusual, defined, designated, determinate, earmarked, smashing
Antonyms:	common, commonplace, normal, ordinary, undistinguished, unimportant, usual, indistinctive

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Main Entry:	wassail
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	celebration
Synonyms:	bash, blast, blowout, carousal, ceremony, festival, festivity, frolic, gala, hoopla, hullabaloo, merriment, merrymaking, party, revelry, shindig*, spree, joviality, jubilee, wingding

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Main Entry:	prom
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	ball
Synonyms:	dance, gala, promenade, class dance, junior prom, senior prom

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