merrymaking
Boisterous group revelry
Merrymaking is lively celebration and festivity—the activities of people enjoying themselves together: The merrymaking continued well past midnight.
The word suggests cheerful, often boisterous revelry: drinking, dancing, laughing.
It has an old-fashioned quality that evokes holiday gatherings and communal joy rather than solitary pleasures.
Rhythmic bodily motion
- singingVocal music-making
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- toastingBrowning by heat
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
reveling · frolicking · caroling · parading · drinking · storytelling · joking · mingling
Wild drunken celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- raucousnessHarsh, disorderly loudness
Organized public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- galaFestive formal occasion
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
feast · fete · fair · jubilee · pageant · extravaganza · banquet · hoedown
Warm, sociable good cheer
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
jollity · mirth · exuberance · merriment · lightheartedness · good cheer · high spirits · laughter
dancing
Rhythmic bodily motion
carousing · reveling · frolicking · caroling · parading · drinking · storytelling · joking · mingling · clinking glasses
bacchanal
Wild drunken celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- indulgenceYielding to desire
raucousness · all-nighter · binge · spree · revel · orgy · riot
festival
Organized public celebration
jamboree · feast · fete · fair · jubilee · pageant · extravaganza · banquet · hoedown · hootenanny
conviviality
Warm, sociable good cheer
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
festivity · jollity · mirth · exuberance · merriment · lightheartedness · good cheer · high spirits · laughter · boisterousness
guests
People received hospitably
streamers · confetti · decorations · cake · buffet · cocktails · piñata · karaoke · deejay · games
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment
- celebrationcelebrate, party, festive, festivity, festivities
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- good timeshaving fun, partying, celebrating, playing, laughing
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle