celebrations

NOUN

commemoration of occasion, achievement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anniversary bash birthday ceremony festival festivity gala jubilee observance party performance spree triumph

STRONG

blast blowout carousal conviviality fete frolic gaiety glorification hilarity honoring hoopla hullabaloo jollification joviality jubilation keeping magnification memorialization merriment merrymaking recognition remembrance revelry saturnalia solemnization

WEAK

wingding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failure

STRONG

sadness

Example Sentences

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celebrations

My fiancé needed a suit for the upcoming celebrations, so we went shopping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

While JPLers are already planning their celebrations, Roman coronagraph project manager Feng Zhao said the team won’t truly be able to relax “anytime soon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

But their celebrations have been overshadowed by the sudden death of Justin Hardy last month at the age of 61.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

During papal assignments, he submits possible designs and fabric swatches to the Vatican office that organises masses and other papal celebrations, the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Together, they create orderly patterns—such as trade networks, mass celebrations and political institutions—that they could never have created in isolation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari