festivity

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A festival or similar celebration.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.

Synonyms

celebration
B2
🎉
festival
B2
feast
B2
party
A1
🥳
joviality
holiday
B1
mirth
32k
fun
A1
ceremony
B2
merrymaking
gaiety
36k

festive occasion

conviviality
rejoicing
27k
gala
C2
revelry
46k
carnival
C1
game
A1
banquet
C1
merriment
32k
hilarity
dance
A2
💃
spree
C2
festivities
C2
jubilee
C2
song and dance
joy
B1
😂
jollification
jollity
resilience
37k
revel
28k
riot
C1
ritual
C1
shindig
23k
shindy
solemnity
wassail
gayety
humour
C1
memorialisation
action
A2
memorialization
activity
B2
affair
B1
amusement
C1
binge
20k
bustle
25k
carousal
carouse
cheer
B2
Translations

festividad
festività
festividade
fiesta
🥳
festa
Feier
🎉
amusement
şenlik
celebración
🎉
festiviteit
festivitat
celebrazione
🎉
Fest
fête
⛷️
festivité
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛˈstɪvəti/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
festivite
In summary

Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity.

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