merriment
Joyful celebration atmosphere
Merriment is cheerful celebration or lively enjoyment, especially in a group: The merriment continued late into the night.
The word suggests festive good humor—laughing, joking, general high spirits.
It sounds slightly old-fashioned, appearing more often in descriptions of holiday gatherings or historical scenes than in casual conversation.
Hearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- jollityCheerful liveliness
- mirthAmusement with laughter
- lightheartednessCheerful lack of worry
cheerfulness · hilarity · laughter · buoyancy · exuberance · vivacity · effervescence · playfulness
joviality
Hearty, convivial cheerfulness
lightheartedness · cheerfulness · hilarity · laughter · buoyancy · exuberance · vivacity · effervescence · playfulness · frolic
fun
Amusement or pleasure
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- gigglesShort, silly laughs
antics · tomfoolery · clowning · hijinks · jest · joking · banter · horseplay · capering · pranks
revelry
Noisy, lively celebration
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- partyGathering for celebration
gala · fiesta · jubilee · feast · banquet · jamboree · shindig · bash · fete · hoedown
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- funamusement, entertainment, excitement, joy, playfulness
- festivitiesparty, parades, celebration, carnivals, festival
- playfulnessplay, frolic, romp, fun, mirth
- festive soundsapplause, cheering, cheers, clapping, fanfare
- festivitycelebration, revelry, jubilation, gaiety, joy
merrimentsadness
State of emotional pain
misery · sorrow · unhappiness · melancholy · dejection
merrimentsolemnity
Serious, dignified quality
seriousness · gravity · mourning · solemnness · sombreness