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

Tracey Morgan was a part of the day’s festivities as the official Grand Marshal of the race, cheering on his fellow celebrities — and the rest of the New York runners. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026

More than 20 players and coaches from the 2016 squad participated in the champions gate festivities, part of a larger weekend celebration that included a private gathering with nearly all players, coaches and staff from the title team. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Weekend festivities began with a picnic in the park in the gardens of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026

In Arkansas, Fayetteville Police had already been assigned to work in the city’s popular Dickson Street area because of Halloween festivities and a University of Arkansas home football game, according to a department news update. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026