What is another word for festive?
105 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ f_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_v], [ fˈɛstɪv], [ fˈɛstɪv], [ stɹˈe͡ɪtən], [ stɹˈeɪtən], [ s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for festive:- convivial (adjective)
- decorated, celebratory (adjective)
- gay (adjective)
- special (adjective)
- sportive (adjective)
- celebration (noun)
- other synonyms
Definition for Festive:
Synonyms for Festive:
adj.
•convivial (adjective)- back slapping,
- heartiest,
- more glad handering,
- more glad-handering,
- glad handering,
- clubbier,
- more festal,
- most conversible,
- more gladhandering,
- hilarious,
- most gladhandering,
- most back slapping,
- friendly,
- gladhandering,
- more conversible,
- most festal,
- most back-slapping,
- more back slapping,
- most glad handering,
- clubbiest,
- most backslapping,
- most jocund,
- more holiday,
- more back-slapping,
- more backslapping,
- most glad-handering,
- most holiday.
- cheery,
- holiday,
- jumping,
- juiced up,
- jubilant,
- grooving,
- hearty,
- jocund,
- peppy,
- swinging,
- bouncy,
- blithe,
- zippy,
- snappy,
- carnival,
- lighthearted,
- gleeful,
- chipper,
- upbeat,
- perky,
- go-go,
- Rocking,
- carnivalesque.
- devil may care,
- most pleasure seeking,
- most pleasure-seeking,
- most fun-loving,
- more funloving,
- pleasure seeking,
- fun loving,
- most fun loving,
- selfassertive,
- more pleasureseeking,
- self assertive,
- most funloving,
- more pleasure-seeking,
- most pleasureseeking,
- Gamesome,
- more fun loving,
- more pleasure seeking,
- self-assertive,
- more fun-loving,
- most gamesome,
- funloving,
- playful,
- pleasureseeking,
- more gamesome.
n.
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- Christmas Cake,
- carol,
- Christmas Pudding,
- caroling,
- Advent calendar,
- Christmas Stocking,
- Christmas Carol,
- Christmas dinner,
- bauble,
- Christmas Card.
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- pleasing.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
celebratory, joyous.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
bustling, lively, partying, exciting, entertaining.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
feast, ceremonial, jubilant, solemn, boisterous.
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Proper noun, singular
fairs.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Festive:
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adj.
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decorated, celebratory
sad, undecorated, somber, apathetic, miserable, sorrowful, serious, upset, unhappy, troubled, depressed, gloomy, lethargic.
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Other antonyms:
crestfallen, blue, lachrymose, disgruntled, heartsick, low-spirited, woeful, groaning, downhearted, melancholy, dolorous, doleful, moody, joyless, heartbroken, dull, despondent, heavyhearted, downcast, sluggish, Saddened, disheartened, dejected, anguished, dispirited, discontented, weeping, aggrieved, mournful, brokenhearted, plaintive, sorry, crying, woebegone, torpid, wailing, moaning, listless, abject, sobbing.
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decorated, celebratory
Festive Sentence Examples:
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As I could not leave my post lest she arrive in my absence, it also meant nothing to eat for me until we reached Aunt Caroline's hospitality; which was cool and restrained rather than festive.
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Come along and get into your festive togs - we don't want to miss a single minute, and dinner is very early tonight.
