'Festivity' definitions:
Definition of 'festivity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any joyous diversion [syn: celebration, festivity]
Definition of 'Festivity'
From: GCIDE
- Festivity \Fes*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Festivities. [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivit['e].]
- 1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety. [1913 Webster]
- The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. --Bp. Hurd. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A festival; a festive celebration. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'festivity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amusement,
- anniversaries,
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- ball,
- banquet,
- blowout,
- boisterousness,
- brawl,
- carnival,
- caucus,
- celebrating,
- celebration,
- celebrations,
- ceremony,
- cheer,
- cocktail party,
- coffee klatch,
- colloquium,
- commemoration,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- congregation,
- congress,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- conviviality,
- convocation,
- costume party,
- council,
- dance,
- date,
- diet,
- dinner,
- dinner party,
- do,
- donation party,
- dressing ship,
- eisteddfod,
- elation,
- entertainment,
- exultation,
- fair,
- fanfare,
- fanfaronade,
- feast,
- felicity,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- flourish of trumpets,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- frivolity,
- fun and games,
- gaiety,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- garden party,
- gathering,
- get-together,
- glee,
- good cheer,
- great doings,
- heartiness,
- hen party,
- high jinks,
- hilarity,
- holiday,
- holiday-making,
- hoopla,
- house party,
- house-raising,
- housewarming,
- jamboree,
- jollification,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- jubilance,
- jubilation,
- jubilee,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- kermis,
- larking,
- lawn party,
- levee,
- mad round,
- mafficking,
- Mardi Gras,
- marking the occasion,
- mask,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- masquerade party,
- meet,
- meeting,
- memorialization,
- memory,
- merriment,
- merrymaking,
- mirth,
- observance,
- ovation,
- panel,
- party,
- picnic,
- plenum,
- prom,
- quorum,
- racketing,
- rally,
- raucous happiness,
- reception,
- regale,
- regalement,
- rejoicing,
- religious rites,
- remembrance,
- rendezvous,
- revel,
- reveling,
- revelment,
- revelry,
- revels,
- rite,
- ritual observance,
- round of pleasures,
- salute,
- salvo,
- Saturnalia,
- seance,
- session,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- show of joy,
- shower,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- skylarking,
- smoker,
- soiree,
- solemn observance,
- solemnization,
- stag,
- stag party,
- surprise party,
- symposium,
- synod,
- testimonial,
- testimonial banquet,
- testimonial dinner,
- toast,
- treat,
- tribute,
- triumph,
- turnout,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose,
- whoopee