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
• delight
• glee
• happiness
• pleasure
• hilarity
• recreation
• cheeriness
• carousal
• revel
• mischief
• carouse
• playfulness
• funning
• frivolity
• rollicking
• levity
• mirthfulness
• lightheartedness
• joking
• jocularity
• gleefulness
• buffoonery
• lark
• romping
• 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 Dolphins will have giveaways each day for the first 1,000 fans as well as food trucks, festivities and a garage sale. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Nationally, record-high temperatures in dozens of East Coast communities canceled festivities and sent hundreds to emergency rooms over the Fourth of July weekend. — Nico Berlin, Oklahoman, 7 July 2026

That symbolism is present all throughout the weekend’s naval festivities, and even like the Cup itself. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 July 2026

But with his hip flaring up and MLB’s All-Star festivities ahead, Buxton and the Twins determined this is an optimal time for a break. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 7 July 2026