Synonyms for celebrate
ˈsɛl əˌbreɪtcel·e·brate

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1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   feteVerb

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1. celebrate

   To celebrate any event or occasion is to make some demonstration of respect or rejoicing because of or in memory of it, or to perform such public rites or ceremonies as it properly demands. We celebrate the birth, commemorate the death of one beloved or honored. We celebrate a national anniversary with music and song, with firing of guns and ringing of bells; we commemorate by any solemn and thoughtful service, or by a monument or other enduring memorial. We keep the Sabbath, solemnize a marriage, observe an anniversary; we celebrate or observe the Lord's Supper in which believers commemorate the sufferings and death of Christ.

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize

   Antonyms:
   contemn, despise, dishonor, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, profane, violate

   Preposition:
   We celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies; the victory was celebrated by the people, with rejoicing.

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1. observe, celebrate, keepverb

   behave as expected during of holidays or rites

   "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"

   Synonyms:
   detect, retain, hold open, hold back, keep an eye on, hold on, find, continue, stay fresh, notice, abide by, honor, lionise, keep, remark, go on, watch over, take note, proceed, go along, watch, follow, save, observe, prevent, restrain, honour, mention, lionize, keep open, keep on, preserve, respect, maintain, keep back, sustain, hold, discover, fete, note

2. celebrate, feteverb

   have a celebration

   "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

   Synonyms:
   lionise, observe, fete, lionize, keep

3. lionize, lionise, celebrateverb

   assign great social importance to

   "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

   Synonyms:
   keep, observe, fete, lionize, lionise

Matched Categories

1. • Meet
   • Respect

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1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   praise, extol, laud, magnify, glorify, bless, commend, give praise to, make famous

2. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, solemnize, honor, keep, observe, do honor to

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1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, solemnize, observe

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1. List of paraphrases for "celebrate":

   celebrating, commemorate, celebration, celebrations, solemnize, celebrates, mark, hold, celebrated, observe

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How to use celebrate in a sentence?

1. Jay Foster:

   We feel an obligation to all our graduates – not just the ones whose parents decide they want to excessively celebrate.

2. President Barack Obama:

   The notion that I am content as I celebrate with American citizens languishing in Iranian jails, Major, that's nonsense, and you should know better, i've met with the families of some of those folks. Nobody's content.

3. Devin Booker:

   We know our main objective is to win a title, bring a championship here, but you can celebrate the little things going into it, along with the big things. Getting our whole coaching staff there would be big time.

4. Tiare Jennings:

   For me, I like watching other people hit theirs( home runs), when I'm at home( plate), I just love to celebrate them. To watch everyone do what they can do, hit home runs, I think that's super cool that bond we have at the plate when they come home.

5. Elizabeth Chan:

   It's great to have a' holly jolly Christmas Past,' but that doesn't resonate with me as much as' Celebrate Me Home,' it wasn't until the pandemic, as a pregnant mother trapped with my toddler, as an Asian American in New York City that the theme' celebrate me home' took a different meaning.