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celebrations

NOUN

commemoration of occasion, achievement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anniversary bash birthday ceremony festival festivity gala jubilee observance party performance spree triumph

STRONG

blast blowout carousal conviviality fete frolic gaiety glorification hilarity honoring hoopla hullabaloo jollification joviality jubilation keeping magnification memorialization merriment merrymaking recognition remembrance revelry saturnalia solemnization

WEAK

wingding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failure

STRONG

sadness

Example Sentences

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Michoacán is known for its annual Day of the Dead celebrations, and Manzo had spent weeks readying the city’s festival of lights.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

This year's celebrations featured no military hardware for the first time in nearly two decades.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

United's celebrations were muted as Forest's players complained to referee Michael Sailisbury.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Guehi also missed Palace's celebrations last season as he spent the night in hospital after suffering a fractured eye socket in the match and, incredibly, it seems like he might miss out this time too.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

He is coming in the old wagon and taking us to the celebrations in Salcedo.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez