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Birthday
/ˈbɜːθ.di/
Synonyms for "birthday" (42 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (12)
centenarycentennialcommemorationdecennialdiamond jubileefeastfestivalgolden wedding anniversaryholy daysimmovable feast
Noun(2 words)
date of birthfestivity
Related words (21)
jubileeleap yearname daynatal dayoctennialquadrennialquasquicentennialquincentenaryquincentennialquinquennialseptennialsesquicentennialsextennialsilver wedding anniversarytercentenarytercentennialtricennialtriennialwedding anniversary
Noun(2 words)
natal dayobservance
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: anniversary, anniversary of birth, annual holiday, bicentenary, bicentennial.
- Sentence evidence is available for birthday, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "birthday".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "birthday"
Keep "birthday" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "birthday" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "birthday", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "birthday" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesMore specific
3 entriesbirth anniversarymilestone birthdaysurprise birthday party
Collocations
6 entriesbirthday cakebirthday cardbirthday partybirthday presenthappy birthdaymilestone birthday
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
252 translations across 172 languages.
Abenaki
1 entries- piligadma noun (anniversary)
Afrikaans
1 entries- verjaarsdag noun (anniversary)
Alabama
1 entries- innìhta noun (anniversary)
Albanian
1 entries- ditëlindje noun (anniversary)
Amharic
2 entries- ልደታ noun (anniversary)
- ልደት noun (anniversary)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γενέθλιος noun (anniversary)
Arabic
4 entries- عيد ميلاد noun (anniversary)
- عيد ميلاد noun (anniversary)
- عِيد مِيلَاد noun (anniversary)
- يَوْم مِيلَاد noun (anniversary)
Armenian
2 entries- ծննդյան օր noun (anniversary)
- ծնունդ noun (anniversary)
Asturian
1 entries- cumpleaños noun (anniversary)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ad günü noun (anniversary)
- doğum günü noun (anniversary)
Bambara
1 entries- sanyɛlɛma noun (anniversary)
Bashkir
1 entries- тыуған көн noun (anniversary)
Basque
3 entries- egun noun (anniversary)
- urtebetetze noun (anniversary)
- urtemuga noun (anniversary)
Belarusian
2 entries- дзень нараджэ́ння noun (anniversary)
- дзень нараджэ́ньня noun (anniversary)
Bengali
1 entries- জন্মদিন noun (anniversary)
Bislama
1 entries- betde noun (anniversary)
Breton
1 entries- deiz-ha-bloaz noun (anniversary)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рожде́н ден noun (anniversary)
Burmese
1 entries- မွေးနေ့ noun (anniversary)
Buryat
1 entries- түрэһэн үдэр noun (anniversary)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- народени́ны noun (anniversary)
Catalan
2 entries- aniversari noun (anniversary)
- natalici noun (anniversary)
Cebuano
1 entries- adlawng natawhan noun (anniversary)
Chamicuro
1 entries- ipenonasne watane noun (anniversary)
Chinese
2 entries- сынжы noun (anniversary)
- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 牛一 noun (anniversary)
- 生日 noun (anniversary)
- 生辰 noun (anniversary)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
- 生辰 noun (anniversary)
Cornish
2 entries- pedn-bloodh noun (anniversary)
- penn-bloodh noun (anniversary)
Corsican
1 entries- anniversariu noun (anniversary)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- doğğan künü noun (anniversary)
Czech
1 entries- narozeniny noun (anniversary)
Danish
1 entries- fødselsdag noun (anniversary)
Dolgan
1 entries- төрөөбүт күн noun (anniversary)
Dutch
1 entries- verjaardag noun (anniversary)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- verjaordag noun (anniversary)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- шочмо кече noun (anniversary)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Edo
1 entries- ẹ̀dúbíẹmwẹ̏ noun (anniversary)
Erzya
1 entries- чачома чи noun (anniversary)
Esperanto
3 entries- naskiĝotago noun (anniversary)
- naskiĝtago noun (anniversary)
- naskotago noun (anniversary)
Estonian
3 entries- sünkar noun (anniversary)
- sünna noun (anniversary)
- sünnipäev noun (anniversary)
Faroese
1 entries- føðingardagur noun (anniversary)
Fijian
2 entries- sigaanisucu noun (anniversary)
- siganisucu noun (anniversary)
Finnish
2 entries- synttärit noun (anniversary)
- syntymäpäivä noun (anniversary)
French
2 entries- anniversaire noun (anniversary)
- fête noun (anniversary)
Friulian
1 entries- natalizi noun (anniversary)
Galician
1 entries- aniversario noun (anniversary)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Georgian
1 entries- დაბადების დღე noun (anniversary)
German
2 entries- Geburtstag noun (anniversary)
- Geburtstag noun (anniversary)
Greek
1 entries- γενέθλια noun (anniversary)
Gujarati
4 entries- જન્મદિવસ noun (anniversary)
- વરસગાંઠ noun (anniversary)
- સાલગરેહ noun (anniversary)
- સાલગીરી noun (anniversary)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- anivèsè noun (anniversary)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lā hānau noun (anniversary)
Hebrew
2 entries- יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת noun (anniversary)
- יום הולדת noun (anniversary)
Hindi
2 entries- जन्मदिन noun (anniversary)
- सालगिरह noun (anniversary)
Hungarian
1 entries- születésnap noun (anniversary)
Iban
1 entries- hari pengada noun (anniversary)
Icelandic
2 entries- afmælisdagur noun (anniversary)
- fæðingardagur noun (anniversary)
Ido
1 entries- naskodio noun (anniversary)
Igala
1 entries- ọ́jọ́-úbí noun (anniversary)
Igbo
1 entries- nchèta ọ̄mụmụ noun (anniversary)
Indonesian
1 entries- ulang tahun noun (anniversary)
Ingrian
2 entries- synnyn päivä noun (anniversary)
- syntymäpäivä noun (anniversary)
Interlingua
1 entries- die natal noun (anniversary)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تَوَلُّد noun (anniversary)
- زادْروز noun (anniversary)
Irish
2 entries- breithlá noun (anniversary)
- lá breithe noun (anniversary)
Italian
1 entries- compleanno noun (anniversary)
Izon
2 entries- zii-eréín noun (anniversary)
- ziibaị́ noun (anniversary)
Japanese
4 entries- お誕生日 noun (anniversary)
- バースデー noun (anniversary)
- 生日 noun (anniversary)
- 誕生日 noun (anniversary)
Jeju
1 entries- 셍일날 noun (anniversary)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Kalmyk
3 entries- миләһүд noun (anniversary)
- төрсн өдр noun (anniversary)
- һарсн өдр noun (anniversary)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜನ್ಮದಿನ noun (anniversary)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pangabayit noun (anniversary)
Karelian
1 entries- roindupäivy noun (anniversary)
Kashmiri
3 entries- ؤہرٕوود noun (anniversary)
- زا دۄہ noun (anniversary)
- زایہِ دۄہ noun (anniversary)
Kashubian
1 entries- gebùrstach noun (anniversary)
Kazakh
1 entries- туған күн noun (anniversary)
Khmer
1 entries- ថ្ងៃខួប noun (anniversary)
Korean
3 entries- 생신 noun (anniversary)
- 생일 noun (anniversary)
- 탄신 noun (anniversary)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- туулган күнү noun (anniversary)
Ladino
2 entries- aniversario noun (anniversary)
- kumpleanyos noun (anniversary)
Lao
4 entries- ຊົນມະທິ noun (anniversary)
- ມື້ເກີດ noun (anniversary)
- ວັນຄ້າຍວັນເກີດ noun (anniversary)
- ວັນເກີດ noun (anniversary)
Latin
2 entries- diēs nātālis noun (anniversary)
- nātālis noun (anniversary)
Latvian
1 entries- dzimšanas diena noun (anniversary)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gimtadienis noun (anniversary)
Low German
1 entries- Geboortsdag noun (anniversary)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- narodniny noun (anniversary)
- narodny źeń noun (anniversary)
Luganda
1 entries- amazaalibwa noun (anniversary)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gebuertsdag noun (anniversary)
Lü
1 entries- ᦞᧃᦵᦂᦲᧆᧉ noun (anniversary)
Macedonian
1 entries- роденден noun (anniversary)
Malay
2 entries- hari jadi noun (anniversary)
- hari lahir noun (anniversary)
Malayalam
2 entries- ജന്മദിനം noun (anniversary)
- പിറന്നാൾ noun (anniversary)
Maltese
1 entries- għeluq snin noun (anniversary)
Manx
1 entries- laa ruggyree noun (anniversary)
Marathi
1 entries- वाढदिवस noun (anniversary)
Mongolian
2 entries- төрсөн өдөр noun (anniversary)
- ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ noun (anniversary)
Māori
1 entries- rā huritau noun (anniversary)
Navajo
1 entries- hoʼdizhchínę́ęjį́ anáyííłką́ noun (anniversary)
Neapolitan
1 entries- cumpreanno noun (anniversary)
Nepali
1 entries- जन्मदिन noun (anniversary)
Norman
1 entries- jour de naissànse noun (anniversary)
North Frisian
1 entries- irrdäi noun (anniversary)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rojbûn noun (anniversary)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Northern Sami
2 entries- riegádanbeaivi noun (anniversary)
- šaddanbeaivi noun (anniversary)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- bursdag noun (anniversary)
- fødselsdag noun (anniversary)
- gebursdag noun (anniversary)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- bursdag noun (anniversary)
- fødselsdag noun (anniversary)
- gebursdag noun (anniversary)
Occitan
1 entries- aniversari noun (anniversary)
Odia
1 entries- ଜନ୍ମଦିନ noun (anniversary)
Okinawan
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Old English
1 entries- ġebyrddæġ noun (anniversary)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- родзени дзень noun (anniversary)
Pashto
1 entries- کليزه noun (anniversary)
Piedmontese
2 entries- compleani noun (anniversary)
- compleann noun (anniversary)
Polish
1 entries- urodziny noun (anniversary)
Portuguese
2 entries- aniversário noun (anniversary)
- dia de anos noun (anniversary)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ noun (anniversary)
Quechua
1 entries- wata junt'ay noun (anniversary)
Romanian
2 entries- aniversare noun (anniversary)
- zi de naștere noun (anniversary)
Romansch
1 entries- anniversari noun (anniversary)
Russian
3 entries- день рожде́ния noun (anniversary)
- дню́ха noun (anniversary)
- имени́ны noun (anniversary)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- isabukuru class 9/6 noun (anniversary)
Samoan
1 entries- asofānau noun (anniversary)
Sardinian
1 entries- anniversariu noun (anniversary)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Gebuursdai noun (anniversary)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- co-là-breith noun (anniversary)
- là-breith noun (anniversary)
Semai
1 entries- jis yesnos noun (anniversary)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rȍđendān noun (anniversary)
- ро̏ђенда̄н noun (anniversary)
Sicilian
4 entries- annivirsaru noun (anniversary)
- cunchi-annu noun (anniversary)
- cunchiannu noun (anniversary)
- fari l'annu noun (anniversary)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱེས་ཚེས noun (anniversary)
Sinhalese
1 entries- උපන් දිනය noun (anniversary)
Slovak
1 entries- narodeniny noun (anniversary)
Slovene
1 entries- rojstni dan noun (anniversary)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тууган кӱни noun (anniversary)
Spanish
2 entries- cumpleaños noun (anniversary)
- natalicio noun (anniversary)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- friyaridei noun (anniversary)
Swahili
2 entries- siku ya kuzaliwa noun (anniversary)
- siku ya uzalishi noun (anniversary)
Swedish
2 entries- bemärkelsedag noun (anniversary)
- födelsedag noun (anniversary)
Tagalog
1 entries- kaarawan noun (anniversary)
Tajik
3 entries- зодрӯз noun (anniversary)
- рӯзи таваллуд noun (anniversary)
- таваллуд noun (anniversary)
Tamil
1 entries- பிறந்தநாள் noun (anniversary)
Tatar
1 entries- туган көн noun (anniversary)
Telugu
1 entries- జన్మదినము noun (anniversary)
Thai
1 entries- วันเกิด noun (anniversary)
Tibetan
3 entries- འཁྲུངས་སྐར noun (anniversary)
- སྐྱེ་ཚེས noun (anniversary)
- སྐྱེས་སྐར noun (anniversary)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ዕለተ ልደት noun (anniversary)
Turkish
1 entries- doğum günü noun (anniversary)
Turkmen
1 entries- doglan güni noun (anniversary)
Tuvan
1 entries- төрүттүнген хүнү noun (anniversary)
Ukrainian
2 entries- день наро́дження noun (anniversary)
- уроди́ни noun (anniversary)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- narodniny noun (anniversary)
Urdu
2 entries- جَنْم دِن noun (anniversary)
- سالْگِرَہْ noun (anniversary)
Uyghur
1 entries- تۇغۇلغان كۈن noun (anniversary)
Uzbek
1 entries- tugʻilan kun noun (anniversary)
Venetan
1 entries- compleano noun (anniversary)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sinh nhật noun (anniversary)
Volapük
1 entries- motedadel noun (anniversary)
Welsh
2 entries- pen-blwydd noun (anniversary)
- penblwydd noun (anniversary)
West Flemish
1 entries- verjaardag noun (anniversary)
West-Frisian
1 entries- jierdei noun (anniversary)
White Hmong
1 entries- hnub yug noun (anniversary)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 生日 noun (anniversary)
Yakut
1 entries- төрөөбүт күн noun (anniversary)
Yazghulami
1 entries- мит̌и тав̌аләд noun (anniversary)
Yiddish
2 entries- געבוירן־טאָג noun (anniversary)
- געבורטסטאָג noun (anniversary)
Yoruba
2 entries- ayẹyẹ oríkádún noun (anniversary)
- ọjọ́-ìbí noun (anniversary)
Zulu
1 entries- usuku lokuzalwa noun (anniversary)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I would like to give him a present for his birthday.
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When is your birthday?
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I will give you a bicycle for your birthday.
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Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "birthday"?
Closest matches include anniversary, anniversary of birth, annual holiday, bicentenary, bicentennial.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "birthday"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.