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Definitions

field day

NOUN
amusement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delight diversion enjoyment hilarity laughter pleasure
STRONG
action ball beguilement cheer entertainment fun gratification grins hoopla laughs merriment mirth picnic play pleasing whoopee
WEAK
fun and games gladdening high time merry-go-round regalement
Antonyms
STRONGEST
gloom melancholy misery pain sorrow trouble unhappiness
STRONG
depression drudgery sadness work
WEAK
boredom
NOUN
comedy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
farce fun humor satire sitcom
STRONG
ball burlesque camp comicality drollery facetiousness funnies funniness grins hilarity hoopla humorousness interlude laughs merry-go-round picnic schtick slapstick takeoff travesty vaudeville witticism wittiness
WEAK
chaffing comic drama comicalness drollness fun and games gag show high camp high time jesting joking light entertainment send-up wisecracking
Antonyms
STRONGEST
sadness tragedy
STRONG
seriousness
NOUN
diversion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amusement distraction fun pastime pleasure
STRONG
ball beguilement delectation delight dissipation enjoyment frivolity game gratification grins hoopla laughs levity merry-go-round picnic play relaxation relish sport whoopee
WEAK
disport divertissement fun and games high time
Antonyms
STRONGEST
work
STRONG
seriousness
WEAK
chore task vocation
NOUN
festival
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anniversary commemoration competition fair feast gala holiday
STRONG
carnival entertainment festivities fete fiesta jubilee merrymaking treat
NOUN
recreation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amusement diversion enjoyment fun hobby pleasure relaxation
STRONG
avocation ball dissipation distraction ease entertainment exercise festivity frolic game hilarity holiday jollity laughs mirth pastime picnic play playtime refreshment relief repose sport vacation
WEAK
R and R disport divertissement fun and games leisure activity rec rollick
Antonyms
STRONGEST
sadness sorrow unhappiness vocation work
STRONG
difficulty drudgery profession task
WEAK
labor
NOUN
spree
Synonyms
STRONGEST
binge celebration orgy rampage
STRONG
bacchanalia ball bash caper carousal carousing fling frolic jag jamboree junket lark merry-go-round party revel rip splurge tear
WEAK
high jinks high time spending expedition

Example Sentences

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Jimmy Fallon will have a field day with that — if we survive the storm.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

This might be a rare moment for stock-pickers to have a field day.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

It was, after all, the group’s inaugural field day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

Someone with a parasocial attachment to the pair would have a field day trying to decipher which of the album’s eight tracks are about the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

My school doesn’t have any kind of field day.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.