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| Main Entry: | vacation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | planned time spent not working |
| Synonyms: | R and R*, break, breathing space*, day of rest, fiesta, furlough, holiday, intermission, layoff, leave, leave of absence, liberty, recess, recreation, respite, rest, sabbatical, spell, time off, few days off, long weekend, two weeks with pay |
| Antonyms: | work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, bow out*, desertion, egress, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, farewell, flight, getaway*, goodbye*, migration, parting, passage, powder*, recession, removal, retreat, separation, stampede, start, takeoff, vacation, withdrawal, abandonment, congé, decampment, egression, embarkation, expatriation, going, going away, hegira, quitting, retirement, sailing, setting forth, setting out, taking leave, taking off, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiday, time off |
| Synonyms: | adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, liberty, parting, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal, leave-taking, retirement |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short trip |
| Synonyms: | drive, excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, picnic, roundabout, spin*, vacation, airing, long weekend, pleasure trip, weekend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, interval in action |
| Synonyms: | breather*, cessation, closure, coffee break, downtime*, halt, happy hour*, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten*, time-out, vacation, break-off, breathing spell, cutoff, interregnum |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports, games, special interests |
| Synonyms: | R and R*, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, frolic, fun, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, laughs, leisure activity, rec |
| Antonyms: | labor, profession, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather*, breathing space*, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, downtime*, doze, ease, forty winks*, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup*, lull, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, silence, sleep, slumber, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, vacation, cutoff, dreaminess, motionlessness, quietude, siesta, somnolence, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sabbatical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leave |
| Synonyms: | break, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, recess, time off, vacation |
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishing decree |
| Synonyms: | book, censure, clock, condemnation, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sleep, stretch, term, time, trick, vacation, verdict, considered opinion, getup, sending up the river |
| Antonyms: | accusation, charge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sojourn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief travel; visit |
| Synonyms: | layover, residence, rest, stay, stop, stopover, vacation, tarriance |
| Main Entry: | sojourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel briefly; visit |
| Synonyms: | abide, dwell, inhabit, linger, lodge, nest, perch, reside, rest, roost, squat, stay, stop, tarry, vacation, stay over |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visit |
| Synonyms: | break, halt, holiday, sojourn, stop, stopover, vacation |
| Main Entry: | summer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hot season of the year |
| Synonyms: | dog days, heat, vacation, daylight savings time, midsummer, picnic days, riot time, summer solstice, summertide, summertime, sunny season |
| Antonyms: | winter |
| Main Entry: | tour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit, journey |
| Synonyms: | barnstorm*, cruise, explore, holiday*, hop*, jaunt, jet, junket, stump*, swing*, travel, vacation, voyage, globe-trot, go on the road, peregrinate, sightsee, take a trip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | travel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | journey on a trip or tour |
| Synonyms: | adventure, carry, cover, cover ground, cross, cruise, drive, explore, fly, get through, go, go abroad, go camping, go into orbit, go riding, hop*, jaunt, jet*, junket*, knock around, make a journey, make one's way, migrate, motor, move, overnight, proceed, progress, ramble, roam, rove, sail, scour, set forth, set out, sightsee, take a boat, take a plane, take a train, take a trip, tour, transmit, traverse, trek, vacation, visit, voyage, walk, wander, weekend, wend |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social call upon another |
| Synonyms: | appointment, call, evening, holiday, interview, sojourn, stay, stop, stopover, talk, vacation, visitation, tarriance, weekend |
| Main Entry: | time off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leisure time |
| Synonyms: | break, downtime, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, pause, recess, respite, sabbatical, shore leave, sick leave, vacation, breathing spell, day off, mental health day |
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