| celebration | | |
| n. (event) | 1. celebration, jubilation | a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event. |
| ~ social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function | a vaguely specified social event.; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" |
| n. (act) | 2. celebration, festivity | any joyous diversion. |
| ~ agon | a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ jollification, merrymaking, conviviality | a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity. |
| ~ feria | (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint. |
| ~ festival, fete | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place).; "a drama festival" |
| ~ gala, gala affair, jamboree, blowout | a gay festivity. |
| ~ ludi saeculares, secular games | the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era. |
| ~ victory celebration | a celebration following a victory in a battle or sports competition. |
| n. (act) | 3. celebration, solemnisation, solemnization | the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual.; "the celebration of marriage" |
| ~ ritual | the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies. |
| fete | | |
| n. (event) | 1. feast, fete, fiesta | an elaborate party (often outdoors). |
| ~ party | an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" |
| ~ luau | an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment). |
| ~ potlatch | a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment). |
| n. (act) | 2. festival, fete | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place).; "a drama festival" |
| ~ festivity, celebration | any joyous diversion. |
| ~ carnival | a festival marked by merrymaking and processions. |
| ~ bacchanalia, dionysia | an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus). |
| ~ eisteddfod | any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing). |
| ~ film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year). |
| ~ jazz festival | a festival that features performances by jazz artists. |
| ~ kwanzaa, kwanza | a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year. |
| ~ oktoberfest | an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer. |
| ~ saturnalia | an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn. |
| ~ sheepshearing | a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared. |
| v. (social) | 3. celebrate, fete | have a celebration.; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
| ~ get together, meet | get together socially or for a specific purpose. |
| ~ jubilate | celebrate a jubilee. |
| ~ jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, wassail, whoop it up, revel | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" |
| ~ party | have or participate in a party.; "The students were partying all night before the exam" |
| ~ receive | have or give a reception.; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" |
| commemorate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. commemorate, mark | mark by some ceremony or observation.; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" |
| ~ celebrate, observe, keep | behave as expected during of holidays or rites.; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. commemorate, remember | call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony.; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize, record | be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" |
| ~ remind | put in the mind of someone.; "Remind me to call Mother" |
| ~ monumentalise, monumentalize | record or memorialize lastingly with a monument. |
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