festive
Syllables: fes·tive/ˈfɛstɪv/
festive adjective: having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
Adjective
festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)
- Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
- The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
- On festive occasions away from home we softened under the influence of Christmas trees, bran pies, and conjurors.1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 35 (1968 edition)
- In the mood to celebrate.
- Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.
festive meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
festive in Tamil
- களிப்பான, மிகு மகிழ்வான, விழா நிகழ்வான
festive in Urdu
- تہواری
festive in Bengali
- উৎসবমুখর, আনন্দপূর্ণ, আনন্দদায়ক
festive in Malayalam
- ആഘോഷമായ, ആനന്ദപ്രദമായ, സാഹ്ലാദം, സോത്സവം
More languagesFewer languages
- festive in Sanskrit
- कौतुकिन् kautukin
Examples of festive in a sentence
- The red runner makes the table so festive.
- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) overhaul will make cars cheaper this festive season across segments.
- These festive, fudgy confections are a mash-up of two traditional Jewish favorites: rugelach and chocolate babka.
Synonyms of festive
Forms of festive
| comparative | more festive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most festive |
Origin of festive
From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast + -ive.
Words formed from festive
Phrases with festive
Words that rhyme with festive
Questions about festive
- What does festive mean?
- Festive means having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
- What is festive in Tamil?
- Festive in Tamil is களிப்பான, மிகு மகிழ்வான, விழா நிகழ்வான. See Festive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is festive?
- Festive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce festive?
- Festive is pronounced /ˈfɛstɪv/.
Words near festive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: festive (page history and authors); festive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); festive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Festive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); festive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कौतुकिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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