Synonyms for vacation
veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və-va·ca·tion

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1. vacationverb

   Synonyms:
   holiday, revocation, go on vacation, go on holiday, annulment

2. vacationnoun

   To spend or take a vacation.

   This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

   Synonyms:
   go on holiday, go on vacation, holiday, annulment, revocation

3. vacationnoun

   Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

   Synonyms:
   revocation, holiday, annulment

4. vacationnoun

   A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

   Synonyms:
   annulment, revocation, holiday

5. vacationnoun

   A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.

   Synonyms:
   annulment, holiday, revocation

6. vacationnoun

   The act of vacating something; moving out.

   The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

   Synonyms:
   revocation, holiday, annulment

7. vacationnoun

   the act of making legally void.

   Synonyms:
   holiday, annulment, revocation

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1. vacation

   Synonyms:
   ease, idleness, leisure, recreation, relaxation, repose, rest

   Antonyms:
   achievement, action, business, deed, doing, drudgery, employment, exertion, labor, occupation, performance, product, production, toil, work

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1. vacation

   Synonyms:
   holiday, recreation

   Antonyms:
   term, business

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1. vacation, holidaynoun

   leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

   "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

   Synonyms:
   holiday

2. vacationverb

   the act of making something legally void

   Synonyms:
   holiday

3. vacation, holidayverb

   spend or take a vacation

   Synonyms:
   holiday

Matched Categories

1. • Leisure Time
   • Spend

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1. holiday

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. vacationnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermission (of studies, &c.)

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1. vacationnoun

   Synonyms:
   evacuation, resignation, abdication, invalidation, abrogation, intermission, holidays, recess

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1. List of paraphrases for "vacation":

   holiday, holidays, vacances, leave, recess, vacancy, vacations, break, vacancies

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How to use vacation in a sentence?

1. Lance Trover:

   The primary elections are over and rather than issuing partisan press releases, the speaker needs to end his month-long vacation and begin working with the governor to enact a balanced budget alongside structural reforms that grow our economy.

2. Scott Free:

   He was kind of fringe, he had no job and lived on the margins. He was eccentric. A vacation seemed very implausible.

3. Finn Lanning:

   A number of teachers have donated their vacation time off. The support from my school community has been wonderful, it can be isolating. It makes us not feel so alone in the process. It's huge.

4. Kathy Fraise:

   It’s very unique and it works. Our week at the Tyler Place provides independent time for our son and couple time for us, and it also allows us to do things together as a family. We all get the vacation we want, most of the activities keep the kids outside and happy all day. I just love that, and I haven’t seen that in other places.

5. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf:

   I haven't had a vacation yet since I've been governor.