funfest

Big joyful gathering

A funfest is an event or occasion characterized by widespread enjoyment and festive activity: The company picnic turned into an all-day funfest.

The word often carries a slightly ironic or exaggerated tone, describing something perhaps more chaotic than genuinely fun: Tax season is always a real funfest around here.

celebration

gala

Festive formal occasion

  • fiestaFestive public celebration
  • bashForceful striking blow
  • shindigBoisterous social gathering

jamboree · extravaganza · revelry · merriment · jubilee · fete · hoedown · soiree · gathering · reception

carnival

rides

Travels aboard something

midway · cotton candy · popcorn · clowns · sideshow · barkers · big top · acrobats · jugglers · fire eaters

emotion

joy

Intense positive emotion

  • delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
  • gleeExuberant, often impish delight
  • merrimentLighthearted fun together

exhilaration · gaiety · elation · happiness · euphoria · jubilation · cheerfulness · lightheartedness · enjoyment · pleasure

party

balloons

Air-filled rubber sacs

dancing · music · DJ · games · laughter · guests · invitations · cake · piñata · karaoke

Opposites
enjoyment/mood

funfestfuneral

Service honoring the dead

ordeal · nightmare · wake · tragedy · disaster

formality/atmosphere

funfestmemorial service

Event honoring the deceased

state funeral · lecture · seminar

entertainment value

funfestsnoozefest

Tediously dull occasion

drag · drudgery · ordeal · chore · grind

Family

funfests

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G