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

Guests reportedly enjoyed the amusement park during the festivities, according to SFGate, as well as the exotic animal zoo. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026

In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck. — Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

According to ProPublica, Kremlev was not the only Russian at the festivities. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Just like in Beijing, numerous top business executives are once again joining the festivities. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026