Synonyms for festivity
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Noun
celebration, revelry, feast, jollity, carnival, joyfulness, mirth, conviviality, banquet, gala, frolic, jubilee, revel, game, jollification, merriment, gaiety dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A festival or similar celebration.
Forms
- Plural
- festivities → celebrations, revelries, feasts, jollities…
Example sentences
- celebration Parents will be invited to the school celebration.
- feast The marriage feast continued for three whole days.
- revelry The party ended up becoming a great revelry.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| festivity | rising | |
| celebration | rising | |
| feast | rising | |
| revelry | rising | |
| jollity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- game1, gala2
- 5 letters
- feast1, revel2, mirth1
- 6 letters
- frolic2, gaiety
- 7 letters
- banquet2, jubilee3, revelry3, jollity
- 8 letters
- carnival3
- 9 letters
- merriment
- 10 letters
- joyfulness
- 11 letters
- celebration4
- 12 letters
- conviviality
- 13 letters
- jollification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gala2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- réjouissance
- Italiano
- festeggiamento
- Español
- regocijo