| Main Entry: | vacation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | planned time spent not working |
Synonyms: |
R and R, break, breathing space, day of rest, few days off, fiesta, furlough, holiday, intermission, layoff, leave, leave of absence, liberty, long weekend, recess, recreation, respite, rest, sabbatical, spell, time off, two weeks with pay |
Antonyms: |
work |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | fiesta |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | day of rest; religious celebration |
Synonyms: |
carnival, feast, festival, holiday, holy day, saint's day, vacation |
| Main Entry: | holiday |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebratory day; time off |
Synonyms: |
anniversary, break, celebration, day of rest, feast, festival, festivity, fete, few days off, fiesta, gala, gone fishing, holy day, jubilee, layoff, leave, liberty, long weekend, recess, red-letter day, saint's day, vacation |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiday, time off |
Synonyms: |
adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, leave-taking, liberty, parting, retirement, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
Antonyms: |
workday |
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
Synonyms: |
chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
Antonyms: |
employment, work |
| Main Entry: | outing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short trip |
Synonyms: |
airing, drive, excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, long weekend, picnic, pleasure trip, roundabout, spin*, vacation, weekend |
| Main Entry: | recess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, interval in action |
Synonyms: |
break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, closure, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, happy hour, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten, time-out, vacation |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| 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: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
Synonyms: |
break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
Antonyms: |
action, activity, energy |
