| 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: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
Synonyms: |
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 |
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: | 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: | 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: | jamboree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noisy celebration |
Synonyms: |
bash*, blowout, ceremony, convention, festival, gathering, hoopla, jubilee, party, rally, revelry, shindig, wingding |
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
celebration, elation, exultance, exultation, festivity, joy, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, merriment, pride, rejoicing, reveling |
Antonyms: |
sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | wassail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
Synonyms: |
bash*, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, festival, festivity, frolic, gala, hoopla, hullabaloo*, joviality, jubilee, merriment, merrymaking, party, revelry, shindig*, spree, wingding |
| Concept: | Celebration. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-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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