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/kənˈvɪv.i.əl/ · adjective
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity.
I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.
Use convivial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Convivial means Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity.
Common synonyms include festive, social, gay, jovial.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I put the chief of police behind the bar, instructed him in his duties, and we four convivial spirits sprawled along the counter drinking ale and telling yarns till cockcrow.
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