festival

n

1. saint's day, holy day, feast day, Rom. Cath. Ch. holy day of obligation, (in ancient Rome) feria; rite, ritual, ceremony, celebration, observance, keeping; remembrance, memorialization, commemoration.

2. gala day, red-letter day, banner day, field day; holiday, day of rejoicing, occasion, event, birthday, anniversary, jubilee.

3. activities, doings, festivities, fun and games; entertainment, divertissement, refreshment, amusement, regalement.

4. feast, repast, banquet, revel, fete, wassail, festivi ty; carnival, fair, fun-fair, kermis, Mardi Gras, mi-car€me; social gathering, get-together, reunion, social, apres-ski; soiree, levee, reception, symposium, house-warming; party, dance, ball, Inf. hop, square dance, Inf. shindig, Sl. bash; Inf. high jinks, Inf. do, Sl. jamboree, Sl. wingding; junket, Sl. blow-out, Sl. bust; frolic, spree, whirl, lark; treat, spread, barbecue; saturnalia, carousal, orgy, debauch, Bacchanalia, Bacchanal.

5. merrymaking, Brit. holiday-making, jollification, revelry, revels, Brit. Inf. mafficking; gaiety, merriment, festivity, conviviality; hilarity, mirth, glee, jollity, sport; joyousness, rejoicing, joyfulness, felicity; fun, funmaking, Inf. whoopee, Inf. whoop-de-doo, Inf. hoopla, fun fast and furious