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festive
What does festive mean?
festive (adjective): offering fun and gaiety.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use festive in a sentence?
How do you pronounce festive?
/ˈfɛstɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does festive come from?
From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of festive?
Words related to festive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “festive”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “festive” mean?
being of use or service
Not quite: that's what useful means.
offering fun and gaiety
Right! That's what “festive” means.
low or reduced in price
Not quite: that's what cheap means.
wide in extent or scope
Not quite: that's what broad means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “festive”?
large
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white
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small
Not quite: small means something else.
merry
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