celebrate

celebrate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
2. transitive verb. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
3. transitive verb. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.
4. verb. assign great social importance to

   "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"

   "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

   Synonyms: lionise, lionize

5. verb. have a celebration

   "They were feting the patriarch of the family"

   "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

   Synonyms: fete

6. verb. behave as expected during of holidays or rites

   "Keep the commandments"

   "celebrate Christmas"

   Synonyms: keep, observe

Synonyms

lionise, lionize, fete, keep, observe

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in celebrate:

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Common word forms

celebrated, celebrater, celebrates, celebrating

Words from these letters

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