ceremony: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of ceremony
noun
- countable, uncountable
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- countable, uncountable
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
Example: a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony
- countable, uncountable
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. A wedding ceremony; a marriage.
- uncountable
A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
Listed forms: ceremonies, ceremonys, caeremony, caerimony, ceremoney, cerimony, cerimoney.
Source: Wiktionary — ceremony.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ceremony.
noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
- ceremonial
- ceremonial occasion
- observance
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ceremony in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ceremony
C(3) + E(1) + R(1) + E(1) + M(3) + O(1) + N(1) + Y(4) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of ceremony
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from ceremony
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