Word Type

Verb

The word "celebrate" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Causes Desire

have party

Derived Terms

celebratable celebrate one's 19th birthday in Poland celebrating Palm Sunday concelebrate over-celebrate overcelebrate precelebrate recelebrate

First Subevents

call friends and family experience elation get happy have drink inviting friends smile

Last Subevents

clean up

Prerequisites

ask friends over bake cake buy cake dance sing and merry do makes happy drink alcohol drink beer drink champagne eat good food find reason gather with friends get in car go to party happy have party have shower invite friends and plan party invite friends over jump up and down jump up and yell laugh with loved one party party party succeed throw party wait wear funny hat with friends yell woo hoo

Subevents

drink too much champagne eat cake feel happy get drunk get together with family and friends go to party have many beer have many beers have party others celebrate with throw party

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abide by acquit act bear behave carry comport conduct deport do get together honor honour meet observe respect

Manner Of

meet

Motivated By Goal

acknowledge accomplishment alive birthday celebration good christ rose from dead did not eat olive excuse good good happend good happened got married got promotion had new baby happeness have fun have good time it's party time joyful event has occured mark happy occasion mark occassion as special others to know about victory share happiness special occassion war was not option

Related Terms

celebrant celebrated celebration celebrative celebrator celebratory celebrity

Related Terms

celebrant celebrated celebration celebrator celebratory celebrity ceremony extol honour keep observe participate perform refrain rite sacrament solemn solemnize

Synonym Network

fete lionize observe praise

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.