Synonyms for holiday
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Vacation — A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural
vacation US, time-off, day off, break, recess, vacay US, leave, leave of absence, pause
2. Feast day — A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed
3. Bank holiday — A day declared free from work by the state or government
bank holiday UK IE, off-day, national holiday
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
- n. 2
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
- n. 3
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
How much holiday are you allowed?
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- holidays → vacations, breaks, recesses, vacays…
Example sentences
- festival She made friends with them at the school festival.
- anniversary Let's celebrate the anniversary of our first date.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| holiday | steady | |
| festival | rising | |
| anniversary | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- leave1, break1, pause1, feast1, vacay
- 6 letters
- recess2, fiesta3, lacuna
- 7 letters
- jubilee3
- 8 letters
- festival3, vacation3
- 11 letters
- anniversary5, celebration4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recess2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- congé
- Italiano
- commiato
- Español
- vacaciones
- Deutsch
- Entlassung