ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness † ; heyday; laughter &c 838; jocosity,
jocoseness † ; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit &c 842; quip,
quirk.
[verbal expressions of amusement: list] giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer,
chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of
laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation † ; Kentish fire;
tiger.
play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking,
vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine † , escapade, echappee [Fr.], bout, espieglerie
[Fr.]; practical joke &c (ridicule) 856.
dance; hop, reel, rigadoon † , saraband † , hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; [ballroom
dances: list], minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle,
cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere † ; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis [U.S.], break
dancing; nautch-girl; shindig [U.S.]; skirtdance † , stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance;
galop † , galopade † ; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey † ; allemande [Fr.]; gavot † , gavotte,
tarantella; mazurka, morisco † , morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance;
cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet &c (drama) 599; ball; bal, bal masque, bal
costume; masquerade; Terpsichore.
festivity, merrymaking; party &c (social gathering) 892; blowout [U.S.], hullabaloo,
hoedown, bat [U.S.], bum [U.S.], bust [Slang], clambake [U.S.], donation party [U.S.],
fish fry [U.S.], jamboree [Slang], kantikoy † , nautch † , randy, squantum [U.S.], tear
[Slang], Turnerfest † , yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto † ; revels, revelry, reveling;
carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet &c (food) 298; regale, symposium,
wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre
[Fr.], regatta, field day; treat.
round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday
making.
rejoicing &c 838; jubilee &c (celebration) 883.
bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker.
holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank
holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam † ;
wayz-goos † , bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras [Fr.], mi-careme [Fr.], feria [Lat.], fiesta.
place of amusement, theater; hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom † ; music hall.
park, plaisance † ; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vestpocket
park, public park (public) 737.1; arbor; garden &c (horticulture) 371; pleasure
ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground;
tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum † ,
skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe [Fr.].
game of chance, game of skill.
athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism &c
(contention) 720; sports &c 622; horse racing, the turf; aquatics &c 267; skating, sliding;
cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball;
rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat † ,
croquet, golf, curling, pallone † , polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain