| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resort |
| Synonyms: | day spa, fat farm, health club, health facility, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, lodge, mineral spring resort, sanitarium, sauna, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | bathroom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room for bathing, toilet use |
| Synonyms: | bath, lavatory, powder room, restroom, sauna, shower, shower room, spa, steam room, toilet, washroom, water closet |
| Main Entry: | gymnasium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arena for sports, recreation |
| Synonyms: | alley, amphitheater, athletic club, center, circus, coliseum, course, exercise room, field house, floor, gym, health club, hippodrome, pit, recreation center, ring, rink, spa, stadium, sweatshop, theater |
| Main Entry: | hotel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where one pays for accommodation |
| Synonyms: | auberge, boarding house, caravansary, dump*, fleabag, flophouse, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, inn, lodging, motel, motor inn, public house, resort, roadhouse, rooming house, spa, tavern |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacation place |
| Synonyms: | camp, fat farm, hangout, harbor, haunt, haven, hideaway, hideout, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, inn, lodge, mineral spring, motel, nest, park, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, retreat, spa, spot, spring, stomping ground, tourist center, tourist trap |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of rushing waters |
| Synonyms: | artesian well, baths, fountain, geyser, hot spring, hydrolysate, spa, thermal spring, watering place, wells |
| Main Entry: | well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | water hole |
| Synonyms: | abyss, bore, chasm, depression, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, geyser, hole, inception, mine, mouth, origin, pit, pool, repository, reservoir, root, shaft, source, spa, spout, spring, springs, watering place, wellspring |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Main Entry: | beauty parlor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hair-dressing establishment |
| Synonyms: | beauty salon, beauty shop, beauty spa, hair salon, hairdresser, hairdressing salon, salon de beaute, spa |
| Main Entry: | health club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise establishment |
| Synonyms: | gym, health farm, health spa, spa |