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/ˈfɛstɪvl̩/ · adjective
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.).
the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]
All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.
Use festival when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Festival means Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.).
Common synonyms include fete, fiesta, feast.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]
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