Antonyms for celebration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sel-uh-brey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃən |
Definition of celebration
Origin :- 1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past participle stem of celebrare. Meaning "performance of a religious ceremony" (especially the Eucharist) is from 1570s; that of "extolling in speeches, etc." is from 1670s.
- noun commemoration of occasion, achievement
- No woman was allowed to enter Olympia, during the celebration of the games.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At Antwerp, he happened to arrive at the celebration of the fête in honour of Rubens.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Mr. Cross and I bore our small part in the celebration in silence for a time.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- So, when you guessed at the date, and told parson to have the celebration then, you got it right?
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- So time went on to the very eve of the celebration, and it was as well that the celebration had never been.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- She darted to the child to kiss him in celebration of that first clear glance.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- The above verses are included in a piece I wrote in celebration of the trip.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- The legal notice for the celebration of a marriage is longer than I expected.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- It was a brilliant entertainment in celebration of the Jubilee.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- The occasion had, I could see, something of a celebration about it.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for celebration
- anniversary
- bash
- birthday
- blast
- blowout
- carousal
- ceremony
- conviviality
- festival
- festivity
- fete
- frolic
- gaiety
- gala
- glorification
- hilarity
- honoring
- hoopla
- hullabaloo
- jollification
- joviality
- jubilation
- jubilee
- keeping
- magnification
- memorialization
- merriment
- merrymaking
- observance
- party
- performance
- recognition
- remembrance
- revelry
- saturnalia
- solemnization
- spree
- triumph
- wingding
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