celebrate

Meaning

1. To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
2. To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.
3. To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
4. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.

Synonyms

praise

extol

congratulate

observe

commemorate

keep

glorify

rejoice

party

🥳

honor

feast

exult

remember

memorialize

honour

make merry

admire

acclaim

applaud

lionize

make famous

emblazon

proclaim

commend

memorise

adorn

bless

carry on

eulogize

exalt

fete

joy

😂

jubilate

laud

lionise

memorize

perform

revel

ritualize

solemnize

memorialise

perform a ceremony

ritualise

hymn

implore

invoke

animate

observe a ceremony

describe

revel in

like

declare publicly

delight

magnify

dedicate

decorate

wine and dine

decline

officiate

declare

pass

celebrate with dancing

pitch

dance

💃

conduct

promote

publish

rave

receive

celebrations

relate

carouse

resound

mark an occasion

rhapsodize

rhapsodise

roister

sing

slant

slope

eulogise eulogize

spray

spread

sprinkle

toasts

an-nounce

observe a holiday

tout

troll

🧌

welcome

while away

worship

apotheose

apotheosise

apotheosize

backslap

do honor to

ensky

enjoy

fall

emblaze

felicitate

be glad

flatter

drink to

go out

greet

hail

hold

dip

dignify

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English celebraten, from Latin celebratus, past participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.