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holiday [hol-i-dey] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
holiday [hol-i-dey]
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: convivial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fun-loving
Synonyms: back-slapping, cheerful, clubby, companionable, conversible, entertaining, festal, festive, friendly, gay, genial, glad-handering, happy, hearty, hilarious, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, merry, mirthful, pleasant, sociable, vivacious
Antonyms: blah, dull, serious, solemn, staid
Main Entry: event
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: occurrence, happening
Synonyms: accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder
Example Sentences
  • It's going to be a hot and crowded holiday at the box office.
  • The end of the year is nigh, and holiday events are either already underway or currently being planned.
  • And if the educational holiday fails, there is always the pilgrimage.
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Main Entry: festival
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: celebration
Synonyms: anniversary, carnival, commemoration, competition, entertainment, fair, feast, festivities, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, holiday, jubilee, merrymaking, treat
Notes: a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion
Main Entry: festive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: decorated, celebratory
Synonyms: blithe, bouncy, carnival, carnivalesque, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy
Antonyms: depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated
Main Entry: fete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw a party for someone
Synonyms: celebrate, entertain, feast, festival, hold reception for, holiday, honor, lionize, make much of, roll out the red carpet, treat, wine and dine
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: fun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amusement, play
Synonyms: absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee
Antonyms: sadness, work
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
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