Synonyms for merriment
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Noun
1. Mirth — A state of enjoyable exuberance
mirth, hilarity, jollity, fun, happiness, exuberance, glee, joyfulness, cheer, frolic, cheerfulness, levity, liveliness, amusement, playfulness, elation, exhilaration, felicity, high spirits, game, joviality, jocularity
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Definitions
- n. 1
A state of enjoyable exuberance.
Forms
- Plural
- merriments → mirths, hilarities, jollities, happinesses…
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Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- happiness To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
- hilarity Game nights were always filled with hilarity and fun.
- mirth This joke is a source of mirth for the audience.
- celebration Parents will be invited to the school celebration.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| merriment | rising | |
| happiness | rising | |
| hilarity | rising | |
| mirth | rising | |
| jollity | rising | |
| celebration | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1
- 4 letters
- game1, glee1
- 5 letters
- cheer1, mirth1
- 6 letters
- frolic2, levity3
- 7 letters
- jubilee3, elation3, jollity
- 8 letters
- felicity4, hilarity4
- 9 letters
- happiness3, amusement3, joviality
- 10 letters
- exuberance4, liveliness3, joyfulness, jocularity
- 11 letters
- celebration4, playfulness3
- 12 letters
- exhilaration5, cheerfulness3, sportiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frolic2 = 2 syllables).