All holiday synonyms
holΒ·iΒ·day
H h noun holiday
- festivity β a festive celebration or occasion.
- recess β temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- festival β a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- feast β any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
- anniversary β An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year.
- vacation β a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- layoff β the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- gala β festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions.
- celebration β A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- fete β a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
- fiesta β any festival or festive celebration.
- liberty β freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- jubilee β the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- day off β A day off is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is usually a working day.
- trip β a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
- outing β a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.: He always left himself an out.
- time off β holiday, vacation from work
- hols β Holidays.
- sabbatical β of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- leave of absence β permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
- legal holiday β a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- carnival β A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
- public holiday β national day off work
- bank holiday β A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- holy day β a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
- red-letter day β A red-letter day is a day that you will always remember because something good happens to you then.
- long weekend β a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
- saint's day β a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.
verb holiday
adjective holiday
- go-go β ALPS
- juiced up β intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
- chirpy β If you describe a person or their behaviour as chirpy, you mean they are very cheerful and lively.
- carnivalesque β characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- convivial β Convivial people or occasions are pleasant, friendly, and relaxed.
- festal β pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- back-slapping β Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- clubby β If you describe an institution or a group of people as clubby, you mean that all the people in it are friendly with each other and do not welcome other people in.
- conversible β Capable of being converted.
- festive β pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.