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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yearly observance, celebration |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, commemoration, feast day, festival, holiday, jubilee, recurrence, red-letter day |
| 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: | festival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, festivities, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, holiday, jubilee, merrymaking, treat |
| Notes: | a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion |
| Main Entry: | holiday |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebratory day; time off |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, break, celebration, day of rest, feast, festival, festivity, fete, few days off, fiesta, gala, gone fishing, holy day, jubilee, layoff, leave, liberty, long weekend, recess, red-letter day, saint's day, vacation |
| Main Entry: | jamboree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noisy celebration |
| Synonyms: | bash*, blowout, ceremony, convention, festival, gathering, hoopla, jubilee, party, rally, revelry, shindig, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | celebration, elation, exultance, exultation, festivity, joy, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, merriment, pride, rejoicing, reveling |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | wassail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
| Synonyms: | bash*, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, festival, festivity, frolic, gala, hoopla, hullabaloo*, joviality, jubilee, merriment, merrymaking, party, revelry, shindig*, spree, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Celebration. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding., triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations., inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy; Te Deum (thanksgiving); fête; holiday.
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