Synonyms of festivity

festivity

noun

fe-ˈsti-və-tē 

1

as in cheerfulness

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

rather than mourn our friend's death we celebrated his life, and his memorial service was more notable for its festivity than its funereal gloom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerfulness
• glee
• merriness
• cheer
• mirth
• merriment
• joviality
• joyfulness
• hilarity
• cheeriness
• gaiety
• mirthfulness
• gleefulness
• brightness
• gayness
• humor
• joking
• reveling
• revelry
• frivolity
• jocundity
• jollity
• funning
• playfulness
• levity
• jollification
• buoyancy
• joyousness
• lightheartedness
• vivacity
• liveliness
• sunniness
• sportiveness
• animation
• giddiness
• jocularity
• buffoonery
• rejoicing
• insouciance
• jubilance
• flippancy
• jocosity
• jauntiness
• jesting
• jocoseness
• gamesomeness
• perkiness
• rollicking
• clownishness
• joshing
• good-naturedness
• frolicking
• good-humoredness
• romping
• gamboling
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in celebration

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

• celebration
• festival
• fiesta
• carnival
• jubilee
• gala
• fete
• fest
• revelry
• merriment
• rejoicing
• merrymaking
• jollity
• revel
• exhibit
• exhibition
• jollification
• fair
• jamboree
• exposition
• show
• exercises
• honors

3

as in merrymaking

joyful or festive activity

in keeping with their habit of doing everything in a big way, the couple's wedding will entail a whole weekend of festivity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebration
• merrymaking
• revelry
• merriment
• festival
• cheerfulness
• jollity
• gaiety
• jollification
• rejoicing
• conviviality
• fun
• enjoyment
• entertainment
• cheer
• joy
• reveling
• party
• carnival
• mirth
• merriness
• diversion
• riot
• whoopee
• joviality
• glee
• delight
• happiness
• pleasure
• hilarity
• recreation
• cheeriness
• carousal
• revel
• mischief
• carouse
• playfulness
• frivolity
• funning
• rollicking
• levity
• mirthfulness
• lightheartedness
• joking
• jocularity
• gleefulness
• buffoonery
• romping
• lark
• flippancy
• romp
• frolic
• jesting
• spree
• gambol
• frolicking
• binge
• fling
• zaniness
• gamboling
• rollick
• clownishness
• clownery
• joshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mourning
• grief
• misery
• gloom
• darkness
• blackness
• woe
• gloominess
• wretchedness
• heartache
• heartbreak
• sorrow
• melancholy
• dolor
• mournfulness
• glumness
• unhappiness
• dejection
• depression
• miserableness
• heartsickness
• despondency
• dolefulness
• doldrums
• dumps
• joylessness
• forlornness
• despondence
• downheartedness
• dispiritedness
• disconsolateness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of festivity

The Knicks locked up their first NBA title in decades back in June, and after all of the festivities, Brunson revealed that his championship lid is still packed away in a bag. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Kenny won’t be able to make the pregame festivities at a local bar because of the timing of his arrival from Liverpool. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

There was, however, some confusion about when the festivities were supposed to begin. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

When autumn arrives, few things beat the thrill of exploring Halloween towns in the US that go all-in on the festivities. — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026