birthdays
Cake and candles
Birthdays is the plural of birthday, the annual anniversary of one's birth.
The word usually implies celebration: What do you want for your birthday?
We're throwing her a surprise birthday party.
Birthday also marks anniversaries of events or institutions: the company's fiftieth birthday.
In your birthday suit means naked—wearing only what you were born in.
Gathering for celebration
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- balloonsAir-filled rubber sacs
- presentsItems given freely
gifts · singing · confetti · streamers · surprise · guests · decorations · invitations
Duration of existence
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
- sweet sixteenCelebratory sixteenth birthday milestone
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- centennialHundred-year anniversary
golden · milestone · decade · turning · landmark · adulthood · maturity · first
Stiff paper rectangles
- wishesThings hoped for
- greetingsExpressions upon meeting
- blessingsFavors from the divine
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
well-wishes · congratulations · messages · dedications · sentiments · memories · reminisce · tribute
Celestial belt of signs
- horoscopeZodiac-based fortune telling
- birthstoneMonth-linked lucky gem
- natalRelating to delivery
- commemorateHonor the memory of
annual · yearly · customs · ritual · longevity noodles · red envelope · bumps · spanking
party
Gathering for celebration
presents · gifts · singing · confetti · streamers · surprise · guests · decorations · invitations · favors
age
Duration of existence
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
- sweet sixteenCelebratory sixteenth birthday milestone
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
centennial · golden · milestone · decade · turning · landmark · adulthood · maturity · first · eighteenth
cards
Stiff paper rectangles
toast · well-wishes · congratulations · messages · dedications · sentiments · memories · reminisce · tribute · honor
zodiac
Celestial belt of signs
- horoscopeZodiac-based fortune telling
- birthstoneMonth-linked lucky gem
- natalRelating to delivery
commemorate · annual · yearly · customs · ritual · longevity noodles · red envelope · bumps · spanking · crown
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- children's book topicsfairy tales, fables, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories
- kids' stufftoys, games, cartoons, dolls, dinosaurs
- childhood photoschild portraits, portraits, family albums, candid shots, candids
- childhood traditionsbedtime stories, bedtime story, tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- happy birthdayCelebratory natal salutation
- birthday cakeFrosted celebratory pastry
- birthday partyAnnual celebration of birth
- birthday partiesAnnual celebration gatherings
- birthday cardWritten celebration acknowledgment
- birthday giftPresent for one's anniversary
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