merriment

/ˈmɛrɪmənt/

Other forms: merriments

Merriment can refer to fun activities or a feeling of happiness. Either way, a good time is being had.

You know how merry means happy? Merriment refers to events and feelings that are happy. A party is a perfect example of merriment. If you hear a bunch of people laughing and joking, you might say, "Why all the merriment?" Merriment can also be an emotion: if you're very excited or happy, you're experiencing merriment.

Definitions of merriment

1. noun

   activities that are enjoyable or amusing
   synonyms: fun, playfulness

   type of:

   diversion, recreation

   an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
2. noun

   a joyful feeling
   synonyms: gaiety

   types:

   glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness

   great merriment

   jocularity, jocundity

   a feeling of facetious merriment

   jolliness, jollity, joviality

   feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

   type of:

   happiness

   emotions experienced when in a state of well-being