feasts
Abundant celebratory meals
Feasts is the plural of feast—elaborate ceremonial meals marking celebrations, holidays, or religious occasions.
The word suggests abundance and communal eating: wedding feasts, holiday feasts.
As a verb, feasts means to eat lavishly or to take great pleasure: She feasts her eyes on the sunset.
The village feasts for three days after the harvest.
Traveling amusement attraction
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
jamboree · fete · pageant · shindig · bash · hoedown · potlatch · conviviality
Formal celebratory meal
- repastFood served and consumed
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- delicaciesChoice, refined foods
- dishesEating vessels and utensils
fare · cuisine · provisions · gastronomy · epicurean · savory · palate · degustation
Post-summer cooling period
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- bountyReward for capture
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
vineyard · orchard · crop · firstfruits · ingathering · cornucopia · seasonal · agrarian
Existing in abundance
- bountyReward for capture
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- cornucopiaAbundance symbol, horn-shaped
- profusionExtravagant amount present
plenty · lavish · sumptuous · opulent · groaning · spread · laden · heaping
Festive formal occasion
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- hallInterior connecting pathway
- tablewareDining implements collectively
chandeliers · toasts · host · invitations · guestlist · formalwear · candelabra · orchestra
carnival
Traveling amusement attraction
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- fiestaFestive public celebration
merrymaking · jamboree · fete · pageant · shindig · bash · hoedown · potlatch · conviviality · commemoration
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- repastFood served and consumed
- coursesAcademic subjects or meal stages
- delicaciesChoice, refined foods
dishes · fare · cuisine · provisions · gastronomy · epicurean · savory · palate · degustation · charcuterie
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- bountyReward for capture
grain · vineyard · orchard · crop · firstfruits · ingathering · cornucopia · seasonal · agrarian
plentiful
Existing in abundance
- bountyReward for capture
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- cornucopiaAbundance symbol, horn-shaped
profusion · plenty · lavish · sumptuous · opulent · groaning · spread · laden · heaping · generous
gala
Festive formal occasion
tableware · chandeliers · toasts · host · invitations · guestlist · formalwear · candelabra · orchestra · servants
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
liturgy · ceremony · communion · ancestors · libation · propitiation · veneration · sacred · paschal · seder
- celebrationsgraduation, party, wedding, fireworks, birthday
- holiday traditionsChristmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
feastsfamines
Extreme widespread food shortages
fasts · starvation · hunger · rations · scraps
- feast or famineMarked by wild extremes
- feast your eyesLook at something impressive
- wedding feastCelebratory meal after matrimony
- thanksgiving feastHoliday meal in November
- holiday feastCeremonial celebratory dinner
- feast one's eyesLook with deep pleasure