gala

adj

1. festive, festal, festival, holiday, in holiday spirits; merry, joyous, gleeful, mirthful, convivial; gay, sportive, uproarious; diverting, entertaining, amusing, pleasing; spirited, lively, dashing; rollicking, rompish, romping; jovial, jolly, good-time.

2. showy, colorful, glittering, flashy, flaunting, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious; spectacular, dramatic, theatrical, with flying colors, with flourish of trumpet; majestic, stately, grand; magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, sumptuous; ceremonial, ritualistic, solemn; formal, dress-up, silk-stocking, black tie, white tie.

n

3. holiday, religious feast day, holy day; festivity, festival, fete, field day, carnival; event, occasion, red-letter day, anniversary, jubilee; celebration, ceremony, ritual; pageant, exhibition, procession, demonstration; party, ball, dance, cotillion, extravaganza, happening, Inf. shindig, Sl. wing-ding, Sl. bash.