celebrate

celebrate
I
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To recognize an occasion]
Syn. keep, observe, commemorate, consecrate, hallow, solemnize, sanctify, dedicate, memorialize, mark, honor, proclaim, ritualize, ceremonialize, signalize, mark with a red letter*.
Ant. forget*, overlook, neglect.
2. [To honor]
Syn. praise, laud, glorify, extol; see admire 1 , praise 1 .
3. [To indulge in celebration]
Syn. rejoice, carouse, feast, give a party, kill the fatted calf, revel, jubilate, make merry, go out on the town, go on a spree, party*, live it up*, make whoopee*, blow off steam*, let off steam*, have a party*, have a ball*, kick up one's heels*, let loose*, cut loose*, whoop it up*, paint the town red*, fire a salute*, beat the drum*.
Syn.- celebrate means to mark an occasion or event, esp. a joyous one, with ceremonies or festivities [ let's celebrate your promotion ] ; to commemorate is to honor the memory of some person or event, as with a ceremony or memorial [ to commemorate Lincoln's birthday ] ; to solemnize is to use a formal, serious ritual to observe an occasion [ to solemnize a marriage ] ; observe and keep mean to respectfully mark a day or occasion in the prescribed and appropriate manner [ to observe , or keep , a religious holiday ]
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. commemorate observe, honor, memorialize, remember, ceremonialize, solemnize.
2. *party *paint the town red, *whoop it up, *raise the roof, *go out on the town, *go out with a bang, *have a blowout, splurge, revel, carouse, *live it up.
3. praise honor, extol, laud, pay homage to, acclaim, worship, hail, pay tribute to, exalt.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To mark (a day or an event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing: commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize. See REMEMBER. 2. To show joyful satisfaction in an event, especially by merrymaking: rejoice, revel. Idioms: kill the fatted calf, make merry. See LAUGHTER. 3. To pay tribute or homage to: acclaim, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail2, honor, laud, magnify, panegyrize, praise. Idiom: sing someone's praises. See PRAISE.

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