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| Main Entry: |
recreation
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shindig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party |
| Synonyms: | affair, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout, celebration, dance, dinner, feast, festivity, function, gala, get-together, reception, shindy, social gathering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discharge; ammunition |
| Synonyms: | ball, buckshot, bullet, dart, lead, lob, missile, pellet, projectile, slug, throw |
| Antonyms: | backfire |
| Main Entry: | sphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globular object |
| Synonyms: | Earth, apple, ball, big blue marble, circle, globe, globule, orb, pellet, pill, planet, rondure, round |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recreational activity; entertainment |
| Synonyms: | action, amusement, athletics, ball, disport, diversion, exercise, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, games, pastime, physical activity, picnic, play, pleasure, recreation |
| Antonyms: | vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | spree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wild activity |
| Synonyms: | bacchanalia, ball, bash, binge, caper, carousal, carouse, carousing, celebration, field day, fling, frolic, high jinks, high time, jag, jamboree, junket, lark, merry-go-round, orgy, party, rampage, revel, rip*, spending expedition, splurge, tear* |
| Antonyms: | care, thriftiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great fun |
| Synonyms: | ball, big time, due season, good time, high old time, picnic |
| Main Entry: | pellet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small sphere |
| Synonyms: | ball, bolus, bullet, mass, pebble, pill, rock, shot, stone, wad |
| Main Entry: | gob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, clod, clump, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunch, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberan |
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