Synonyms for celebration

noun

1. An act or instance of recognizing an occasion

   commemoration, observance, honoring, keeping, glorification, magnification, laudation, recognition, anniversary, jubilee, holiday, remembrance, ceremonial, solemnization, memorialization, solemnity, fete, Mardi Gras, birthday, centennial, centenary, bicentennial, bicentenary, tricentennial, tercentenary, millennium, fiesta, red-letter day; see also holiday 1.

2. Activities that accompany a celebration

   ceremony, party, gala, inauguration, installation, coronation, presentation, pageantry, carnival, bacchanal, revelry, conviviality, spree, carousing, jubilation, jollification, festivity, festival, feast, jamboree, ovation, triumph, merrymaking, gaiety, frolic, hilarity, joviality, merriment, mirth, wassail, Saturnalia, bash*; see also carnival 1, ceremony 2, party 1.

   Antonyms sadness, solemnity, sorrow.

3. The celebration of the Mass

   reading, reciting, singing, conducting, performing, intoning, chanting, praising God; see also worship 1.