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

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celebrations

His celebrations will have to wait for now, but by Tuesday, Ward could well be getting up to all sorts of capers in Glasgow with his Scotland team-mates.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Saturday in Berlin’s Tiergarten park near the iconic Brandenburg Gate, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered throughout the day for Christopher Street Day, one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

An eyewitness near the main Pride stage at Brandenburg Gate told AFP that celebrations abruptly ended when police instructed people to leave.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Key details: The U.S. got a temporary boost in July from the World Cup and celebrations tied to America’s 250th birthday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

I describe the seasons, the land, the wheat and olive harvests, and the Eid celebrations.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat