Synonyms for jubilee
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free.
- n. 2
A special year (originally held every hundred years, then at more frequent intervals, and now declarable by the Pope at any time and also for periods less than a year) in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted upon making a pilgrimage to Rome or other designated churches.
Related words
- Word family
- jubilance jubilancy jubilant jubilantly jubilarian jubilate jubilation
- Phrases
- silver jubilee
Forms
- Plural
- jubilees → feasts, festivities, holidays, rejoicings…
Example sentences
- feast The marriage feast continued for three whole days.
- rejoicing Rejoicing in someone's misfortune is a sign of baseness.
- festivity Once the festivity finishes, we'll go back to work.
By length
- 5 letters
- feast1, revel2, paean2
- 7 letters
- holiday3, triumph2
- 9 letters
- rejoicing3, festivity4, merriment
- 14 letters
- semicentennial
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (revel2 = 2 syllables).