| Main Entry: | saturnalia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feast |
Synonyms: |
bacchanal, festival, orgy, party, revelry, spree |
| 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: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overindulgence in personal desires |
Synonyms: |
debauchery, dissipation, dissoluteness, exorbitance, extravagance, extreme, extremity, immoderacy, immoderation, indulgence, inordinateness, intemperance, overdoing, prodigality, saturnalia, self-indulgence, unrestraint |
Antonyms: |
deprivation, economy, frugality, moderation, privation |
| Main Entry: | orgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment |
Synonyms: |
bacchanal, bacchanalia, bender, binge*, blowout, bout*, carousal, circus, debauch, dissipation, excess, feast, fling*, indulgence, jag, merrymaking, overindulgence, party, rampage*, revel, revelry, saturnalia, splurge, spree, surfeit, tear* |
| Main Entry: | revel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, merrymaking |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
mourning, sadness, sobriety |
| Main Entry: | carousal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debauchery |
Synonyms: |
bacchanals, banquet, bender, binge, carouse, drunk, feast, festival, frolic, jamboree, jamboree, orgy, revel, romp, saturnalia, shindy, spree, wassail |
| Notes: | carousal is a drunken spree; carousel is a merry-go-round or baggage machine at an airport |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
a gogo, adscititious, crammed to overflowing, dangwallet, drenched, dropsical, duplicate, excessive, exorbitant, expletive, extravagant, exuberant, filled to overflowing, gorged, in excess, inordinate, lautitious, lavish, luxurious, needless, obese, on one's hands, opiparous, outré, over and above, overcharged, overflowing, overfond, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, prodigal, profuse, ready to burst, redundant, replete, running down, running over, running to waste, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, supersaturated, supervacaneous, to spare, too many, too much, turgid, uncalled for, unnecessary, woundy
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| 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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