festivity

fes·tiv·i·ty

noun \fes-ˈti-və-tē, fəs-\

: celebration and enjoyment

festivities : enjoyable activities at the time of a holiday or other special occasion : festive activities

plural fes·tiv·i·ties

Full 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

Rhymes with FESTIVITY

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