Synonyms of festivities

festivities

noun

plural of festivity

as in celebrations

a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something

year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrations
• festivals
• fiestas
• carnivals
• jubilees
• fests
• galas
• fetes
• rejoicings
• revelries
• jollities
• exhibits
• revels
• merriments
• fairs
• exhibitions
• merrymakings
• jamborees
• jollifications
• exercises
• expositions
• shows
• honors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of festivities

Reggie started in 2019, taking turns with Noah for pregame festivities. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Florida State’s band completed its pregame festivities, including Chief Osceola’s planting the spear atop Renegade at midfield after the coin toss. — David Ubben, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

There’s no indication he was involved with any of the mayhem leading up to and during the West Indian Day Parade festivities, which left three people shot and three stabbed, none fatally, sources said. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

Overlooking Eastern Parkway from a third-floor balcony on the Brooklyn Museum under a perfectly blue sky, the 34-year-old mayor stood at a podium speaking of the Labor Day festivities with genuine affection. — Reshma B, VIBE.com, 7 Sep. 2026

If anything, the two-hour delay gave the raucous crowd a chance to catch their breath and reload after the pregame festivities looked more like something out of a Woodstock documentary. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Randolph’s sister, Bachelor alum Cassie Randolph, and her husband Brighton Reinhardt, plus their brother, Landon Randolph, and his girlfriend Saige Davis were present for the holiday festivities. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Wedding festivities took place over four days and began in a city hundreds of miles away, to which my wife and I traveled. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

The plants grew in popularity in the first half of the 20th century because of their use as corsages at college homecoming parades and festivities. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026