Synonyms for celebration
ˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃəncel·e·bra·tion

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1. celebration

   Synonyms:
   commemoration, solemnization, observance

   Antonyms:
   oblivion, inobservance, obsolescence, desuetude

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1. celebration, jubilationnoun

   a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

   Synonyms:
   exultation, jubilancy, jubilance, solemnization, rejoicing, jubilation, solemnisation, festivity

2. celebration, festivitynoun

   any joyous diversion

   Synonyms:
   solemnisation, solemnization, jubilation, festivity

3. celebration, solemnization, solemnisationnoun

   the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

   "the celebration of marriage"

   Synonyms:
   solemnisation, solemnization, jubilation, festivity

Matched Categories

1. • Affair
   • Diversion
   • Ritual

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. celebrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   honor, praise, commendation, laudation

2. celebrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   commemoration, solemnization, observation

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1. celebrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   commemoration, observance, solemnization

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1. List of paraphrases for "celebration":

   celebrations, commemoration, observance, celebrate, celebrating, solemnization, holding, celebratory, festivities, ceremony, convening, celebrates, celebración, feast, party, fête, festival, pregunta-contestación

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1. David Lourie:

   Today we choose to remember Tess with celebration filled with music she created, music that inspired her and music that tells a story about Tess to friends and family, we celebrate Tess with the written word which she revered and used so beautifully to reflect on herself and the world.

2. Bob Costas:

   I recall the phrase,' It's a six-hour, daylong celebration of football, and you're not the right person to celebrate football,' to which my response was not,' Oh please, please, change your mind.' My response was,' Yeah, I guess you're right.'.

3. Gerard Neveu:

   Will it be a regular event or an event behind closed doors? It's impossible to say now, when you organise Le Mans, you want to organise Le Mans with the public because Le Mans is more than the race. It is really a celebration that you share with a lot of people. It's a very special event.

4. Dawn Davis:

   The joy and the selflessness that my Aunt Stella gave to cooking for other people, i link food and community and celebration and just being together.

5. New Orleans:

   These monuments have stood not as historic or educational markers of our legacy of slavery and segregation, but in celebration of it, to literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in some of our most prominent public places is not only an inaccurate reflection of our past, it is an affront to our present, and a bad prescription for our future. We should not be afraid to confront and reconcile our past.