| 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: | anniversary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yearly observance, celebration |
Synonyms: |
ceremony, commemoration, feast day, festival, holiday, jubilee, recurrence, red-letter day |
| Main Entry: | convivial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun-loving |
Synonyms: |
back-slapping, cheerful, clubby, companionable, conversible, entertaining, festal, festive, friendly, gay, genial, glad-handering, happy, hearty, hilarious, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, merry, mirthful, pleasant, sociable, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
blah, dull, serious, solemn, staid |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
Synonyms: |
accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |
| Main Entry: | festival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
Synonyms: |
anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, festivities, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, holiday, jubilee, merrymaking, treat |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Main Entry: | festive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorated, celebratory |
Synonyms: |
blithe, bouncy, carnival, carnivalesque, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy |
Antonyms: |
depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated |
| Main Entry: | fete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw a party for someone |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, entertain, feast, festival, hold reception for, holiday, honor, lionize, make much of, roll out the red carpet, treat, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | fiesta |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | day of rest; religious celebration |
Synonyms: |
carnival, feast, festival, holiday, holy day, saint's day, vacation |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
sadness, work |
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
Synonyms: |
chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
Antonyms: |
employment, work |