Holiday

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
  • n. A religious feast day; a holy day.
  • n. Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
  • verb-intransitive. Chiefly British To pass a holiday or vacation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
  • n. A day declared free from work by the government.
  • n. A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
  • n. A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university.
  • n. A period taken off work or study for travel.
  • v. To take a period of time away from work or study.
  • v. To spend a period of time for travel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See holyday.
  • n. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
  • n. A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
  • adj. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A consecrated day; a religious anniversary; a day set apart for commemorating some important event or in honor of some person.
  • n. An occasion of joy and gaiety.
  • n. A day of exemption from labor, or of recreation and amusement; a day or a number of days during which ordinary occupations are suspended, either by an individual or by a community.
  • n. Nautical, a spot carelessly left uncoated in tarring or painting a ship or its appurtenances.
  • Pertaining to a festival; befitting a holiday; cheerful; joyous; hence, suited only to a holiday; dainty; not fitted for serious action or life.
  • To make holiday; go pleasuring; waste time in play.
  • n. The Christmas season.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  • v. spend or take a vacation
  • n. a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
  • Verb Form
    holidayed    holidaying    holidays   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    holyday   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cheerful    joyous    gay    playday    playtime    vacation    festal    ferial   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Holliday   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vacation    week-end    wed    festival    trip    summer    visit    celebration    tour    afternoon