merrymakingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmer.iˌmeɪ.kiŋ/us/ˈmer.iˌmeɪ.kiŋ/literarythe act of celebrating and having an enjoyable time:
The eating, drinking, and merrymaking went on late into the night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Celebrating & entertaining
- a good time was had by all idiom
- amuse
- amused
- bacchanalian
- banquet
- entertain
- entertaining
- go to town idiom
- have a whale of a time idiom
- host
- kill
- kill the fatted calf idiom
- perform
- push
- revelry
- scintillate
- see in the New Year idiom
- spirit
- take sb out of himself/herself
- town
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