festivity

fes·tiv·i·ty

noun \fes-ˈti-və-tē, fəs-\

plural fes·tiv·i·ties

Definition of FESTIVITY

1

: festival 1

2

: the quality or state of being festive : gaiety

3

: festive activity

Examples of FESTIVITY

1. The decorations give the hall an air of festivity.
2. The festivities will include a parade, a concert, and games for children.
3. We enjoyed the New Year's Eve festivities.

First Known Use of FESTIVITY

14th century

Related to FESTIVITY

Synonyms: cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, mirth, gaiety (also gayety), gayness, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merriness, mirthfulness

Related Words: frivolity, levity; jollification, jollity, reveling (or revelling), revelry; brightness, buoyancy, good-humoredness, good-naturedness, humor, sunniness; gamesomeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, playfulness, sportiveness; buffoonery, clownishness, flippancy, funning, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joking, joshing; animation, giddiness, jauntiness, liveliness, perkiness, vivacity; joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, rejoicing; frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), rollicking, romping

Near Antonyms: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, forlornness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness; bile, gloom, melancholy, sourness, spleen; earnestness, graveness, gravity, grimness, seriousness, soberness, sobersidedness, solemnity, solemnness; discontent, disgruntlement, moodiness; dolefulness, dolorousness, joylessness, mournfulness, plaintiveness, woe, woefulness; blackness, darkness, gloominess, glumness; desolateness, desolation; heartbreak, miserableness, misery, mourning, wretchedness

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Rhymes with FESTIVITY

acclivity, activity, captivity, motivity, nativity, passivity, proclivity