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

Here, with so many cities, brewpubs and restaurants embracing this tradition, the revelry goes on for six weeks, from mid-September right up to Halloween. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

But in some recent years the revelries have been tarnished by shootings and stabbings. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026

But the late-night revelry definitely penetrated the walls of her hotel. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

The revelry continued the next day, when more than 150,000 spectators attended the Bathers’ Revue. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026