Fiesta

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fiesta \Fies"ta\, n. [Sp. See {Feast}, n.]
     1. Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or
        holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.
  
              Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta.   --Am. Dialect
                                                    Notes.


  
              Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population
              were expected to turn out in holiday dress for
              merriment.                            --The Century.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. an organized series of acts and performances.
  
     Syn: festival, feast, fete.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fiesta
       n : an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: {fete}, {feast}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "fiesta":
     Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, banquet, blowout, carnival, do, fair,
     feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day,
     gala, gala affair, gala day, great doings, high jinks, jamboree,
     kermis, party, picnic, waygoose, wayzgoose