Thesaurus:vacation

Thesaurus

vacation

English

Noun

Sense: a period of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest and pleasure

Synonyms

• annual leave
• break
• day off
• getaway
• holiday (chiefly UK)
• leave    [⇒ thesaurus]
• leave of absence
• pause    [⇒ thesaurus]
• recess
• time off (idiomatic)
• vac
• vacation (Canada, US)
• vaca
• vacay (US)

Hyponyms

• long weekend
• minibreak
• staycation
•   —
• bank holiday
• busman's holiday
• national holiday
• privilege day
• public holiday

Hypernyms

• pause    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• holiday season

See also

• Thesaurus:celebration

Further reading

• “687. repose” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “vacation” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.