Usually means: Cheerful and celebratory holiday spirit.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. festive: Merriam-Webster
  2. festive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. festive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. festive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. festive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Festive, festive: Wordnik
  7. festive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. festive: Wiktionary
  9. festive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. festive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. festive: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Festive, festive: Dictionary.com
  13. festive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Festive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. festive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. festive: Rhymezone
  17. festive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. festive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. festive: FreeDictionary.org
  20. festive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. festive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. festive: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. festive: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. festive: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. festive: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. festive: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (festive)

▸ adjective:  Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
▸ adjective:  In the mood to celebrate.

Similar:
merry, joyous, gala, festal, gay, convivial, convival, party-spirited, jolly, joyful, more...

Opposite:
somber, gloomy, dreary, mournful

Types:
Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, more...

Phrases:
festive season, festive seasons, festive occasion, festive banquets, festive party, more...

Colors:
    red,     green,     gold,     silver,     white, more...



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Similar:
merry, joyous, gala, festal, gay, convivial, convival, party-spirited, jolly, joyful, more...

Opposite:
somber, gloomy, dreary, mournful

Types:
Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, more...

Phrases:
festive season, festive seasons, festive occasion, festive banquets, festive party, festive cake, big festive meal, festive drinking, not festive, festive holiday, festive merriment, more...

Colors:
    red,     green,     gold,     silver,     white, more...



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