'Merriment' definitions:
Definition of 'merriment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A gay feeling [syn: gaiety, merriment]
noun
Activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: fun, merriment, playfulness]
Definition of 'Merriment'
From: GCIDE
- Merriment \Mer"ri*ment\, n. Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. "Follies and light merriment." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'merriment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amusement,
- blithesomeness,
- buoyancy,
- celebration,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- conviviality,
- elation,
- enjoyment,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- exultation,
- felicity,
- festivity,
- flippancy,
- frivolity,
- fun,
- gaiety,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- good cheer,
- good spirits,
- happiness,
- heartiness,
- high glee,
- high spirits,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- holiday-making,
- hoopla,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jollification,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- joy,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- jubilance,
- jubilation,
- jubilee,
- larking,
- laughter,
- levity,
- mafficking,
- merriness,
- merrymaking,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- playfulness,
- prankishness,
- pranksomeness,
- racketing,
- raucous happiness,
- rejoicing,
- revel,
- reveling,
- revelment,
- revelry,
- revels,
- roguishness,
- show of joy,
- skylarking,
- sportiveness,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- triumph,
- waggery,
- waggishness,
- whoopee