Synonyms:
| commemorate, | keep, | observe, | solemnize. |
To celebrate any event or occasion is to make some demonstration of respect or rejoicing because of or in memory of it, or to perform such public rites or ceremonies as it properly demands. We celebrate the birth, commemorate the death of one beloved or honored. We celebrate a national anniversary with music and song, with firing of guns and ringing of bells; we commemorate by any solemn and thoughtful service, or by a monument or other enduring memorial. We keep the Sabbath, solemnize a marriage, observe an anniversary; we celebrate or observe the Lord's Supper in which believers commemorate the sufferings and death of Christ.
Antonyms:
| contemn, | dishonor, | forget, | neglect, | profane, |
| despise, | disregard, | ignore, | overlook, | violate. |
Prepositions:
We celebrate the day with appropriate ceremonies; the victory was celebrated by the people, with rejoicing.