Synonyms for celebrate
ˈsɛl əˌbreɪtcel·e·brate

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   feteVerb

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. celebrate

   To celebrate any event or occasion is to make some demonstration of respect or rejoicing because of or in memory of it, or to perform such public rites or ceremonies as it properly demands. We celebrate the birth, commemorate the death of one beloved or honored. We celebrate a national anniversary with music and song, with firing of guns and ringing of bells; we commemorate by any solemn and thoughtful service, or by a monument or other enduring memorial. We keep the Sabbath, solemnize a marriage, observe an anniversary; we celebrate or observe the Lord's Supper in which believers commemorate the sufferings and death of Christ.

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize

   Antonyms:
   contemn, despise, dishonor, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, profane, violate

   Preposition:
   We celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies; the victory was celebrated by the people, with rejoicing.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. observe, celebrate, keepverb

   behave as expected during of holidays or rites

   "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"

   Synonyms:
   detect, retain, hold open, hold back, keep an eye on, hold on, find, continue, stay fresh, notice, abide by, honor, lionise, keep, remark, go on, watch over, take note, proceed, go along, watch, follow, save, observe, prevent, restrain, honour, mention, lionize, keep open, keep on, preserve, respect, maintain, keep back, sustain, hold, discover, fete, note

2. celebrate, feteverb

   have a celebration

   "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

   Synonyms:
   lionise, observe, fete, lionize, keep

3. lionize, lionise, celebrateverb

   assign great social importance to

   "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

   Synonyms:
   keep, observe, fete, lionize, lionise

Matched Categories

1. • Meet
   • Respect

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   praise, extol, laud, magnify, glorify, bless, commend, give praise to, make famous

2. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, solemnize, honor, keep, observe, do honor to

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. celebrateverb

   Synonyms:
   commemorate, solemnize, observe

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.8 / 4 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "celebrate":

   celebrating, commemorate, celebration, celebrations, solemnize, celebrates, mark, hold, celebrated, observe

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How to use celebrate in a sentence?

1. Amanda Bradley:

   Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living

2. Cory Booker:

   I celebrate the people who are in the race.

3. Joe Charny:

   Judah Samet're all going to be there. The very fact that Judah Samet're doing this and that Judah Samet can celebrate an event like that as a victory for Judah Samet, judah Samet've come out of terrible difficulties and awful situations, but Judah Samet can come and Judah Samet can get together and Judah Samet can live.

4. Sunday Ted Cruz:

   I cannot wait as president to visit Cuba, but when I visit Cuba it will be a free Cuba. It will be a Cuba without Raul Castro, without Fidel Castro and I can't wait to celebrate with the people of Cuba 90 miles off America's shore.

5. Sherrod Brown:

   Let our country -- our nation's citizens, our Ohio Democratic, my fellow elected officials all over the country -- let them all cast their eyes toward the heartland, to The Midwest, to our Great Lakes state, and we will show America how we celebrate organized labor and all workers - the waitress in Dayton, the office worker in Toledo, the nurse in Columbus, the mineworker in Coshocton. That is the message coming out of Ohio in 2018, and that is the blueprint for our nation in 2020.