Synonyms for entertainment
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Amusement — an activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no…
amusement, enjoyment, fun, sport, game, play, pleasure, pastime, diversion, divertissement
2. Feast
feast, festival, treat, refreshment, banquet, reception, levee, repast dated, regalement rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
- n. 2
A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.
Forms
- Plural
- entertainments → amusements, enjoyments, sports, games…
Choose the right word
Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- fun I like to play sport for fun, not for competition.
- sport I like to play sport for fun, not for competition.
- enjoyment Enjoyment drives my choices, not financial gain.
- amusement You have chosen me as an object of your amusement.
- festival She made friends with them at the school festival.
- refreshment May I offer you a refreshment, Your Highness?
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1
- 4 letters
- game1, play1, fare1
- 5 letters
- board1, treat1, sport1, feast1, levee2
- 6 letters
- repast
- 7 letters
- banquet2, pastime2
- 8 letters
- festival3, pleasure2
- 9 letters
- reception3, enjoyment3, amusement3, diversion3
- 10 letters
- regalement
- 11 letters
- refreshment3
- 14 letters
- divertissement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (levee2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- divertissement
- Español
- divertimento