Definitions

festivity

[fe-stiv-i-tee] / fɛˈstɪv ɪ ti /

NOUN

celebration, revelry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bash festival hoopla

STRONG

amusement blowout carousal clambake conviviality do entertainment fun gaiety happiness hilarity jamboree jollity joviality joyfulness levity merriment merrymaking mirth party pleasure revel shindig sport whoopee

WEAK

fun and games reveling revelment wingding

Antonyms

STRONG

depression gloom misery pain sadness seriousness sorrow unhappiness work

Example Sentences

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The incident took place on Saturday during an annual cultural festivity at the Laferrière Citadel, a Unesco World Heritage site in northern Haiti.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Every year, the 56-year-old singer has gift-wrapped a new festivity for her fans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In the past, playing a regular-season game abroad would bring a sense of festivity for a New England Patriots team that is unbeaten in three previous international appearances.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

This festivity — filled with satirical humor — is not associated with the Holy Week celebrations led by the Catholic Church in this mostly Catholic country.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

Though she still couldn’t see how anyone could make a festivity out of hard dusty work, it was the first party of any sort to which she had been invited in Wethersfield.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Vocabulary lists containing festivity

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