merriment

Other forms of merriment

plural

merriments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about merriment

What does merriment mean?

merriment means "a gay feeling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in merriment?

merriment has 3 syllables: mer-ri-ment. The stress falls on "mer".

What is another word for merriment?

Close synonyms include gaiety, fun, playfulness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is merriment a common word?

merriment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.