- gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling
--1 is a kind of happiness
--1 has particulars:hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness; jocundity, jocularity; jollity, joviality - fun, merriment, playfulness - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
--2 is a kind of diversion, recreation