| Main Entry: | joviality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
Synonyms: |
animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, jolliness, jollity, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport*, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| 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, 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: | felicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
Synonyms: |
bliss, cheerfulness, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, glee, good spirits, joviality, joy, jubilation, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, well-being |
| Main Entry: | festivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, revelry |
Synonyms: |
amusement, bash*, blowout, carousal*, clambake, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, party, pleasure, revel, reveling, revelment, shindig*, sport, whoopee, wingding |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Main Entry: | frolic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, revel |
Synonyms: |
antic, drollery, escapade, fun, fun and games, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, joke, joviality, lark, merriment, monkeyshines, play, prank, romp, shenanigan, skylarking, sport, spree, tomfoolery*, trick |
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
Synonyms: |
animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
Antonyms: |
sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | geniality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme niceness |
Synonyms: |
affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, enjoyableness, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, gratefulness, happiness, heartiness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyousness, kindliness, kindness, mirth, pleasance, pleasantness, sunniness, sweetness and light, warmheartedness, warmth |
Antonyms: |
aloofness, coldness, coolness, irritation, moodiness, unfriendliness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | glee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
blitheness, cheerfulness, delectation, delight, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, sprightliness, triumph, verve |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high spirits, satisfaction |
Synonyms: |
beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
Antonyms: |
depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | joie de vivre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheerfulness |
Synonyms: |
delight, enjoyment, gaiety, gladsomeness, happiness, high spirits, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, lightheartedness, love of life, merriment, molliness, spiritedness |
Antonyms: |
depression, sobriety |