Synonyms for leisure
ˈli ʒər, ˈlɛʒ ərleisure

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1. leisure

   That is empty which contains nothing; that is vacant which is without that which has filled or might be expected to fill it; vacant has extensive reference to rights or possibilities of occupancy. A vacant room may not be empty, and an empty house may not be vacant. Vacant, as derived from the Latin, is applied to things of some dignity; empty, from the Saxon, is preferred in speaking of slight, common, or homely matters, tho it may be applied with special force to the highest; we speak of empty space, a vacant lot, an empty dish, an empty sleeve, a vacant mind, an empty heart, an empty boast, a vacant office, a vacant or leisure hour. Void and devoid are rarely used in the literal sense, but for the most part confined to abstract relations, devoid being followed by of, and having with that addition the effect of a prepositional phrase; as, the article is devoid of sense; the contract is void for want of consideration. Waste, in this connection, applies to that which is made so by devastation or ruin, or gives an impression of desolation, especially as combined with vastness, probably from association of the words waste and vast: waste is applied also to uncultivated or unproductive land, if of considerable extent; we speak of a waste track or region, but not of a waste city lot. Vacuous refers to the condition of being empty or vacant, regarded as continuous or characteristic.

   Synonyms:
   blank, empty, unemployed, unfilled, unoccupied, untenanted, vacant, vacuous, void, waste

   Antonyms:
   brimful, brimmed, brimming, busy, crammed, crowded, filled, full, gorged, inhabited, jammed, occupied, overflowing, packed, replete

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1. leisure

   Synonyms:
   freedom, vacation, opportunity, convenience, ease, quiet, retirement, spare time, unoccupied time

   Antonyms:
   constraint, employment, occupation, distraction, labor, bustle, toil, business, absorption, engagement

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. leisure, leisure timenoun

   time available for ease and relaxation

   "his job left him little leisure"

   Synonyms:
   leisure time

2. leisurenoun

   freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity

   "he lacked the leisure for golf"

   Synonyms:
   leisure time

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1. leisurenoun

   Synonyms:
   spare hours, spare time, time to spare

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1. List of paraphrases for "leisure":

   recreation, recreational, loisirs, entertainment, loisir, leisure-time, hobbies, hobby, pastime

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1. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

   Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.

2. Agnes Repplier:

   It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

3. Tim Bale:

   There was a political imperative on the government to get an agreement and then to go to the electorate with the claim that they had, to coin a phrase, got Brexit done, i think it possibly was the case in some senses that it was `make the agreement in haste and then repent at leisure. And what were seeing now is the repentance.

4. George Gordon Byron:

   Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure men love in haste but they detest at leisure.

5. Maurizio Naro:

   Milan has turned into a leisure tourism city in the last 10 years exactly to face up to the sharp slump in business tourism.