| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
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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: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
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anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnification, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding |
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banquet and celebration |
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barbecue, big feed, blow*, blowout, carnival, carousal, clambake, dinner, entertainment, fest, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gala, jollification, merrymaking, picnic, potlatch, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat, wassail |
| Main Entry: | revel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, merrymaking |
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bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gala, high jinks, jollification, jollity, merriment, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, skylarking, spree, wassail, whoopee |
| Main Entry: | revelry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merrymaking |
Synonyms: |
carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, debauchery, entertainment, festival, festivity, fun, gaiety, high jinks, jollification, jollity, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, spree, whoop-de-do, whoopla |
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mourning, sadness, sobriety |
| Main Entry: | riot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very funny happening |
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boisterousness, carousal, confusion, excess, extravaganza, festivity, flourish, frolic, high jinks, howl*, jollification, lark, merrymaking, panic*, revelry, romp, scream*, sensation, show, sidesplitter, skylark, smash*, splash*, tumult, uproar, wow* |
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seriousness, solemnity |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, joking |
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badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollification, jollity, kidding, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, mummery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, trifling |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |
| Concept: | Celebration. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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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; Te Deum (thanksgiving); fête; holiday.
-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; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.
-adjectives
celebrating; commemorative, celebrated, immortal.
-adverbs
in honor of, in commemoration of.
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