English noun: merriment | |||
1. | merriment (feeling) a gay feeling | ||
Synonyms | gaiety | ||
Broader (hypernym) | happiness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, mirth, mirthfulness | ||
2. | merriment (act) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | ||
Samples | I do it for the fun of it. He is fun to have around. | ||
Synonyms | fun, playfulness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diversion, recreation | ||