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

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

Closer to Atlanta proper, the season fills the calendar with outdoor events, from Candler Park Fall Fest to fun festivities at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 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