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reveling
[rev-uhl] 
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revel
[rev-uhl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure; celebrate |
| Synonyms: | bask, blow off steam, carouse, carry on, crow, cut loose, delight, enjoy, fool around, frolic, gloat, go on a spree, indulge, kick up heels, kid around, lap up, lark, let go, let loose, live it up, luxuriate, make merry, paint the town, rejoice, relish, riot, roister, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | carouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make merry, often with liquor |
| Synonyms: | booze, drink, frolic, go on a spree, have fun, imbibe, paint the town, paint the town red, play, quaff, raise Cain, revel, riot, roister, wassail, whoop it up |
| Antonyms: | be sad, grieve |
| Main Entry: | cavort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, prance |
| Synonyms: | caper, caracole, carry on*, cut loose, cut up, dance, fool around, frisk, gambol, go places and do things, horse around, horseplay, monkey around, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse, sport |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | exult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boast |
| Synonyms: | bluster, brag, bully, crow, gloat, glory, revel, show off, take delight in, triumph, vaunt |
| Notes: | exalt means to elevate, praise, or raise a person or thing; exult means to rejoice greatly |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | exultant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | blown away, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exulting, flipping, flushed, flying, gleeful, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, rejoicing, reveling, transported, triumphant, turned on, wowed |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | festivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, revelry |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bash*, blowout, carousal*, clambake, conviviality, do*, entertainment, festival, fun, fun and games, gaiety, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, jamboree, jollity, joviality, joyfulness, levity, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, party, pleasure, revel, reveling, revelment, shindig*, sport, whoopee, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frolic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have fun, make merry |
| Synonyms: | caper, carouse, cavort, cut capers, cut loose, fool around, frisk, gambol, go on a tear, kick up one's heels, lark, let go, let loose, play, prance, raise hell, revel, riot, rollick, romp, sport, spree, whoop it up |
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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