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Synonyms & Antonyms of festivity
1
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 for festivity
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cheeriness,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- gayness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- hilarity,
- jocundity,
- joviality,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness
Words Related to festivity
- jollification,
- jollity,
- reveling
- (or revelling),
- revelry
- buffoonery,
- clownishness,
- flippancy,
- funning,
- jest,
- jesting,
- jocoseness,
- jocosity,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- rollicking,
- romping
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2
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 for festivity
Words Related to festivity
- jamboree,
- jollification,
- jollity
- [British],
- merriment,
- merrymaking,
- rejoicing,
- revel,
- revelry
3
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 for festivity
- conviviality,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- jollification,
- jollity,
- merriment,
- merrymaking,
- rejoicing,
- reveling
- (or revelling),
- revelry,
- whoopee
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The first known use of festivity was in the 14th century
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