festivity

festivity
Synonyms and related words:
Kaffeeklatsch, Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, amusement, anniversaries, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, banquet, blowout, boisterousness, brawl, carnival, caucus, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, ceremony, cheer, cocktail party, coffee klatch, colloquium, commemoration, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, conviviality, convocation, costume party, council, dance, date, diet, dinner, dinner party, do, donation party, dressing ship, eisteddfod, elation, entertainment, exultation, fair, fanfare, fanfaronade, feast, felicity, festival, festive occasion, fete, field day, fiesta, flourish of trumpets, forgathering, forum, frivolity, fun and games, gaiety, gala, gala affair, gala day, garden party, gathering, get-together, glee, good cheer, great doings, heartiness, hen party, high jinks, hilarity, holiday, holiday-making, hoopla, house party, house-raising, housewarming, jamboree, jollification, jollity, joviality, joyance, joyfulness, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, kermis, larking, lawn party, levee, mad round, mafficking, marking the occasion, mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, meet, meeting, memorialization, memory, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, observance, ovation, panel, party, picnic, plenum, prom, quorum, racketing, rally, raucous happiness, reception, regale, regalement, rejoicing, religious rites, remembrance, rendezvous, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, rite, ritual observance, round of pleasures, salute, salvo, seance, session, shindig, shindy, show of joy, shower, sit-in, sitting, skylarking, smoker, soiree, solemn observance, solemnization, stag, stag party, surprise party, symposium, synod, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, treat, tribute, triumph, turnout, waygoose, wayzgoose, whoopee

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Festivity — Fes*tiv i*ty, n.; pl. {Festivities}. [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivit[ e].] 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. [1913 Webster] The unrestrained festivity of the rustic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • festivity — index ceremony Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • festivity — late 14c., from O.Fr. festivité, from L. festivitatem (nom. festivitas) good fellowship, generosity, from festivus festive, from festum festival or holiday, neut. of festus of a feast (see FEAST (Cf. feast)). Related: Festivities …   Etymology dictionary

  • festivity — [n] celebration, revelry amusement, bash*, blowout*, carousal*, clambake*, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games*, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment,… …   New thesaurus

  • festivity — ► NOUN (pl. festivities) 1) joyful and exuberant celebration. 2) (festivities) celebratory activities or events …   English terms dictionary

  • festivity — [fes tiv′ə tē] n. pl. festivities [ME festivite < OFr < L festivus: see FESTIVE] 1. merrymaking; gaiety; joyful celebration 2. a) a festival b) [pl.] festive proceedings; things done in celebration …   English World dictionary

  • festivity — [[t]festɪ̱vɪti[/t]] festivities 1) N UNCOUNT Festivity is the celebration of something in a happy way. There was a general air of festivity and abandon. 2) N COUNT: usu pl Festivities are events that are organized in order to celebrate something …   English dictionary

  • festivity — UK [feˈstɪvətɪ] / US noun Word forms festivity : singular festivity plural festivities a) [uncountable] a happy feeling that people get when they celebrate a special event b) festivities [plural] a lively and enjoyable celebration Festivities… …   English dictionary

  • festivity — fes|tiv|i|ty [feˈstıvıti] n 1.) festivities [plural] things such as drinking, eating, or dancing that are done to celebrate a special occasion ▪ The festivities started with a procession through the town. 2.) [U] a happy feeling that exists when… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • festivity — fes|tiv|i|ty [ fe stıvəti ] noun uncount a happy feeling that people get when they celebrate a special event: There was a wonderful air of festivity in the whole neighborhood. a. festivities plural lively and enjoyable celebration: Festivities… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • festivity — noun (U) 1 festivities (plural) things that are done to celebrate a special occasion such as drinking, eating, dancing etc: The festivities started with a procession through the town. 2 a happy and cheerful atmosphere that exists when people… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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