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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

It's still only November, but the Christmas TV adverts are coming in thick and fast, bringing a sprinkling of festivity to our screens.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

Dozens sat around a garden table in Bortnychi village under a tent decorated with balloons and garlands for a day of festivity steeped in Ukrainian rural tradition.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

At the crux of the annual festivity, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is religiously symbolic foods.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2023

He said that “a life without festivity is a long road without an inn.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan