'Festival' definitions:
Definition of 'festival'
From: WordNet
noun
A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
noun
An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete]
Definition of 'Festival'
From: GCIDE
- Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. [1913 Webster]
- I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'festival'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anniversary,
- banquet,
- birthday,
- blowout,
- carnival,
- celebration,
- commemoration,
- do,
- entertainment,
- fair,
- feast,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- great doings,
- high jinks,
- holiday,
- holy day,
- jamboree,
- kermis,
- Mardi Gras,
- party,
- picnic,
- red-letter day,
- Saturnalia,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose