3. untiring, indefatigable, unwearied, never-failing, unwavering, unfaltering, undiminished; invariable, fixed, stable, steady. cede, v. yield, surrender, deliver up, turn over, part with; release, let go of, quit one's hold on, yield possession of; relinquish, renounce, forsake; transfer, give over, convey, make over, sign away, Law. demise; grant, give, donate, bequeath, tender, render. ceiling, n. 1. topside, upper side, roof, Archit. dome; cover, covering, covert, lid, top.
2. top limit, maximum, Inf. lid; limitation, restriction. celebrate, v. 1. observe, honor, keep, commemorate, memorialize, ceremonialize, solemnize, ritualize; consecrate, dedicate, hallow, make sacred, sanctify.
2. proclaim, herald, trumpet, ballyhoo, beat the drum; announce, make known, spread the word, broadcast, publicize, advertise, promulgate, SI. hype.
3. praise, laud, eulogize, exalt, glorify; reverence, venerate, revere, adore, worship, crown, bless, pay homage or tribute to, honor; belaud, extol, Archaic. magnify, make much of, Inf. crack up; lionize, puff, swell, inflate, bloat, enlarge; hail, acclaim, cheer, congratulate, applaud; compliment, flatter, Inf. pat on the back, hand it to [s.o.], give [s.o.] credit.
4. paint the town red, Inf. go out on the town, Inf. do the town, Inf. kick up one's heels, make merry, Inf. raise the roof, SI. whoop it up, SI. party. celebrated, adj. famous, famed, renowned, well-known, prominent, Inf. big-name; respected, venerable, distinguished, Fr. distingue, eminent, preeminent, notable, noted; illustrious, great, glorious, radiant, lustrous; honored, exalted, acclaimed, much touted, popular, well-liked; immortal, fabled, legendary, historical. celebration, n. 1. observance, keeping, honoring; ceremony, ceremonial, rite, ritual, procedure, formalities; remembrance, commemoration, memoriali-zation, solemnization, ritualization; consecration, dedication, hallowing, sanctification.
2. holiday, religious feast day, holy day; event, occasion, red-letter day, birthday, anniversary, jubilee; festivity, festival, fete, carnival; party, gala, ball, dance, cotillion, extravaganza, happening, Inf. shindig, SI. wing-ding, SI. bash; gaieties, merrymaking, jollification, frolic, spree; revelry, saturnalia, carousal, Bacchanalia, bacchanal, wassail.
celebrity, n. 1. personage, notable, dignitary, Inf. bigwig, SI. big shot, SI. biggie, SI. big gun, SI. big wheel, magnate; SI. big cheese, Fr. grand fromage, SI. fat cat, Si. heavy, Si. high-muck-a-muck; Si. celeb, luminary, somebody, name, Inf. big name, lion; star, hero, superstar, toast of the town.
2. fame, renown, high repute, distinction, note, prominence. See fame. celerity, n. 1. swiftness, speed, rapidity, fastness, quickness, fleetness; hurry, haste, hastiness, precipitance; acceleration, velocity, pace.
2. dispatch, promptness, expedition; alacrity, briskness, sprightliness, spryness, liveliness; animation, vivacity, vim, vigor, bustle; ebullience, effervescence, spiritedness, go.
celestial, adj. 1. heavenly, divine, godly, sublime, supernal, supernatural; ethereal, paradisiacal, Elysian, Arcadian, Olympian, utopian; angelic, seraphic, cherubic, saintly, blessed, blest, holy, hallowed; majestic, splendorous, blissful, glorious, golden, ambrosial.
2. astronomical, uranic, nebular, empyrean, empyreal; extraterrestrial, supramundane, extramun-dane, ultramundane, unworldly, unearthly; solar, heliacal, heliac, astral, sidereal, stellar, sphery, starry; planetary, asteroidal, lunar, selenological.