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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a gay feeling;
[syn: gaiety, merriment]

2. activities that are enjoyable or amusing;
- Example: "I do it for the fun of it"
- Example: "he is fun to have around"
[syn: fun, merriment, playfulness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Merriment \Mer"ri*ment\, n. Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. "Follies and light merriment." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

merriment n 1: a gay feeling [syn: gaiety, merriment] 2: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: fun, merriment, playfulness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

71 Moby Thesaurus words for "merriment": amusement, blithesomeness, buoyancy, celebration, cheer, cheerfulness, conviviality, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, festivity, flippancy, frivolity, fun, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, good cheer, good spirits, happiness, heartiness, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness, hilarity, holiday-making, hoopla, jocularity, jocundity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, larking, laughter, levity, mafficking, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, racketing, raucous happiness, rejoicing, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry, revels, roguishness, show of joy, skylarking, sportiveness, trickery, trickiness, triumph, waggery, waggishness, whoopee