merry-making
Joyful group carousing
Merry-making is festive celebration and enjoyment, especially in a group: The merry-making continued late into the night.
The word suggests lively, boisterous fun—drinking, dancing, laughing together.
It appears in descriptions of holidays, parties, and celebrations where people gather to have a good time.
Celebratory occasion or mood
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- rejoicingFeeling or showing triumph
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
jollity · carousing · feasting · partying · wassailing · carnival · fiesta · jamboree
Collection of people meeting
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- convivialityWarm, sociable good cheer
- companionshipState of having company
camaraderie · bonhomie · revelers · guests · hosts · mingling · socializing · entertaining
festivity
Celebratory occasion or mood
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- rejoicingFeeling or showing triumph
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
gaiety · jollity · carousing · feasting · partying · wassailing · carnival · fiesta · jamboree · shindig
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- convivialityWarm, sociable good cheer
companionship · camaraderie · bonhomie · revelers · guests · hosts · mingling · socializing · entertaining · hospitality
holiday
Day of rest
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- New YearJanuary first celebration
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
Midsummer · harvest · Thanksgiving · Diwali · Carnival · Mardi Gras · Purim · Holi · Hogmanay · Twelfth Night
merry-makingmourning
Period following loss
grieving · lamentation · sorrow · gloom · funeral rites