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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, party |
| Synonyms: | ball, banquet, bazaar, do*, fair, festival, fiesta, gala |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | banquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal dinner, usually ceremonial |
| Synonyms: | feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat |
| Main Entry: | bazaar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair; sale place |
| Synonyms: | exchange, exposition, fete, market, marketplace, mart |
| Notes: | a bazaar is a shop or market while bizarre means odd or unusual |
| Main Entry: | carnival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outdoor celebration |
| Synonyms: | Mardi Gras, amusement park, bacchanal, carny, carousal, circus, conviviality, exposition, fair, feasting, festival, fete, fiesta, frolic, gala, grind show, heyday, jamboree, jollification, jubilee, masquerade, merrymaking, orgy, ragbag, revelry, rout, saturnalia, side show, spree, street fair |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnification, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dinner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evening meal |
| Synonyms: | banquet, blowout, chow, collation, din-din, eats, feast, feedbag, fete, main meal, major munch, potluck, principal meal, refection, regale, repast, ribs, spread*, supper, table d'hôte |
| Notes: | dinner is the main meal of the day and supper is the last meal of the day and lighter than dinner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exposition, carnival |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, celebration, centennial, display, exhibit, exhibition, expo, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banquet and celebration |
| Synonyms: | barbecue, big feed, blow*, blowout, carnival, carousal, clambake, dinner, entertainment, fest, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gala, jollification, merrymaking, picnic, potlatch, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat, wassail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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