| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
Synonyms: |
bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
Synonyms: |
aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, beguilement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, divertissement, engrossment, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, perplexity, preoccupation, recreation |
| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment, recreation |
Synonyms: |
amusement, ball, beguilement, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, field day, frivolity, fun, fun and games, game, gratification, grins, high time, hoopla*, laughs, levity, merry-go-round, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
chore, task, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
Synonyms: |
ball*, bash*, big time, blast*, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding |
Antonyms: |
chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
| Main Entry: | extravaganza |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spectacle |
Synonyms: |
caricature, display, divertissement, flight of fancy, pageant, parody, show, spectacular |
| Main Entry: | hobby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasurable pastime |
Synonyms: |
amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, divertissement, fad*, fancy, favorite occupation, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, obsession, occupation, pet topic, play, quest, relaxation, schtick, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy |
Antonyms: |
profession, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | recreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports, games, special interests |
Synonyms: |
R and R, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, field day, frolic, fun, fun and games, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, laughs, leisure activity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, rec, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation |
Antonyms: |
labor, profession, work |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
Zugzwang, aleiptic, amused, amusing, closed, corybantic, diverting, entertaining, espiègle, festal, festive, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughable, ludibrious, ludibund, lusory, mute, piscatory, playful, pleasant, psyllic, recreative, rompish, scacchic, sphairistic, sporting, toxophilite, venatic, warrantable, wicketed, witty
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