Synonyms of revelry

revelry

noun

ˈre-vəl-rē 

as in festivity

joyful or festive activity

the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of revelry

And with training camp beginning Saturday, attention again has been diverted to the incident that remains unresolved — an allegation that Nacua left bite marks on a woman’s shoulder during an evening of revelry. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Throughout my 20s, a crew of us would take an annual European ski trip that was often more focused on après ski revelry than downhill pursuits. — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

All of it comes together in their new album in a rich symphonic display that creates tension, emotion, introspection, and revelry and that tells a deep narrative through sound, one that even the addition of lyrics couldn’t improve on. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 July 2026

Egypt won in penalties as well to join Mexico and Norway in newfound revelry. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026