| Main Entry: | relaxation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment; resting or recovering |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest |
Antonyms: |
intensification, labor, work |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling; ease |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratification, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufficiency, warmth, well-being |
Antonyms: |
aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | détente |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace |
Synonyms: |
amity, cooling off, equal power, harmony, relaxation, relief, tranquility, truce |
| Notes: | détente is an 'easing of tensions' and entente means 'understanding' |
| Main Entry: | dispensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission |
Synonyms: |
exception, exemption, immunity, indulgence, license, privilege, relaxation, relief, remission, reprieve |
Antonyms: |
denial, veto |
| 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: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
Synonyms: |
affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, supinity, tranquility |
Antonyms: |
difficulty, disquiet, excitableness, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest |
| Main Entry: | enjoyment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight in something |
Synonyms: |
amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest |
Antonyms: |
displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| 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: | euphoria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, frenzy, glee, health, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, madness, rapture, relaxation, transport |
Antonyms: |
depression, despair, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
sadness, work |