Synonyms of gaiety

gaiety

noun

ˈgā-ə-tē 

variants also gayety

1

as in attire

dressy clothing

attendees of the masquerade ball arrived dressed in all their gaiety

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attire
• finery
• costume
• bravery
• frippery
• regalia
• apparel
• full dress
• feather
• caparison
• glad rags
• array
• best
• best bib and tucker
• toggery
• wear
• raiment
• threads
• vesture
• rags
• rigging
• duds
• togs
• rig
• vestiary
• habiliment(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tatters
• disarray
• dishabille

2

as in festivity

joyful or festive activity

loved the gaiety of the annual harvest festival

the gaiety of the wedding reception

Synonyms & Similar Words

• festivity
• cheerfulness
• celebration
• jollity
• merriment
• merrymaking
• revelry
• jollification
• rejoicing
• conviviality
• festival
• enjoyment
• fun
• joy
• entertainment
• cheer
• mirth
• reveling
• joviality
• glee
• whoopee
• party
• merriness
• carnival
• happiness
• riot
• diversion
• delight
• hilarity
• cheeriness
• carousal
• mischief
• pleasure
• carouse
• playfulness
• recreation
• frivolity
• funning
• mirthfulness
• revel
• levity
• rollicking
• lightheartedness
• jocularity
• flippancy
• joking
• gleefulness
• buffoonery
• lark
• jesting
• romping
• frolic
• romp
• gambol
• frolicking
• gamboling
• spree
• zaniness
• fling
• binge
• rollick
• clownishness
• clownery
• joshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misery
• grief
• gloom
• mourning
• darkness
• blackness
• woe
• wretchedness
• gloominess
• heartache
• heartbreak
• sorrow
• melancholy
• mournfulness
• dolor
• glumness
• unhappiness
• dejection
• depression
• heartsickness
• miserableness
• despondency
• dumps
• dolefulness
• doldrums
• forlornness
• joylessness
• despondence
• downheartedness
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness

3

as in cheerfulness

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

the gaiety of children enjoying an outing at an amusement park

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerfulness
• glee
• merriness
• festivity
• cheer
• mirth
• joviality
• merriment
• mirthfulness
• joyfulness
• hilarity
• cheeriness
• gleefulness
• humor
• gayness
• brightness
• joking
• frivolity
• jocundity
• reveling
• levity
• jollity
• playfulness
• funning
• revelry
• jollification
• vivacity
• buoyancy
• lightheartedness
• insouciance
• joyousness
• sunniness
• jocularity
• liveliness
• sportiveness
• flippancy
• giddiness
• jocosity
• jauntiness
• buffoonery
• animation
• jesting
• jubilance
• rejoicing
• perkiness
• clownishness
• jocoseness
• gamesomeness
• joshing
• rollicking
• good-naturedness
• frolicking
• good-humoredness
• gamboling
• romping
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sorrow
• sadness
• melancholy
• unhappiness
• dejection
• depression
• blues
• gloom
• earnestness
• solemnity
• seriousness
• gravity
• forlornness
• spleen
• bile
• despondence
• grimness
• sourness
• discontent
• soberness
• mournfulness
• woe
• moodiness
• darkness
• plaintiveness
• joylessness
• solemnness
• blackness
• disgruntlement
• gloominess
• graveness
• glumness
• misery
• mourning
• desolation
• wretchedness
• desolateness
• sobersidedness
• heartbreak
• woefulness
• dolefulness
• dolorousness
• miserableness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gaiety

The service itself is fleet on its feet, which lends to the gaiety of simply being in this space, with a noise level not to high (except for a wholly out of place intrusion of thumping music Boulud would never have in France). — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026

Later, for nearly 60 years, the lights were out and the gaiety muted in this once-vibrant community. — Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

For Godard, humor is performative, not just a way of getting a laugh but of getting a rise—or of setting the clock back and imposing a boyish gaiety on the stern responsibilities of adults. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2025

The opening Allegro vacillates between punchy jabs and fluttery gaiety. — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025