Merrymaking is an English word with synonyms like conviviality or celebration. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Merrymaking meaning
Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.
Synonyms of Merrymaking
Using Merrymaking
- The main meaning on this page is: Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.
- Useful related words include: conviviality, jollification, celebration, festivity.
- In the example corpus, merrymaking often appears in combinations such as: and merrymaking.
Context around Merrymaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Merrymaking
- In this selection, "merrymaking" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wild, holiday and scene stand out and add context to how "merrymaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dancing and merrymaking and domboshava the merrymaking was wrapped. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "merrymaking" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with merrymaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shouting and merrymaking were the norm. (6 words)
But since the plague has not entered our town, we hope our merrymaking will keep it away. (17 words)
From Domboshava, the merrymaking was wrapped up at Ginimbi’s up market club, Dreams, in the capital. (17 words)
This wild merrymaking scene played out at a branch on Northumberland Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 8. Astonishingly, the bakery was flipped into an exclusive DJ pop-up for the delight of 60 privileged fans. (37 words)
When the meal was done, the local young men humbly asked for admission, made obeisance to the Brídeóg, and joined the girls in dancing and merrymaking. (26 words)
He is first recorded in early 17th century England, but was associated with holiday merrymaking and drunkenness rather than the bringing of gifts. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
This wild merrymaking scene played out at a branch on Northumberland Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 8. Astonishingly, the bakery was flipped into an exclusive DJ pop-up for the delight of 60 privileged fans.
But since the plague has not entered our town, we hope our merrymaking will keep it away.
From Domboshava, the merrymaking was wrapped up at Ginimbi’s up market club, Dreams, in the capital.
Shouting and merrymaking were the norm.
He is first recorded in early 17th century England, but was associated with holiday merrymaking and drunkenness rather than the bringing of gifts.
When the meal was done, the local young men humbly asked for admission, made obeisance to the Brídeóg, and joined the girls in dancing and merrymaking.
Common combinations with merrymaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: