5
special(noun, adjective, show, superior, unusual)
4
blast(noun, performance, informal, party, gathering)
4
ceremony(noun, performance, blast, party, triumph)
4
cheerful
4
cheery(adjective, happy, merry, cheerful, joyful)
4
colorful(adjective, celebratory)
4
elaborate
4
get-together(noun, do, party, function, gathering)
4
merrymaking(noun, performance, event, spread, fair)
4
prom(noun, do, party, function, gathering)
4
soiree(noun, work, do, group, party)
4
spree(noun, performance, do, fair, party)
3
carousal(noun, performance, event, do, spread)
3
clambake(noun, event, spread, party, amusement)
3
dance(noun, party, gathering, celebration, bash)
3
festive occasion(noun, expression, do, party, function)
3
festivities(noun, fair, party, celebration, merrymaking)
3
field day(expression, idiom, amusement, ostentation)
3
gathering(noun, do, party, function, celebration)
3
gleeful(adjective, happy, merry, cheerful, joyful)
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