Synonyms for AMUSEMENT
əˈmyuz məntamuse·ment

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1. amusement

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amusementnoun

   a feeling of delight at being entertained

   Synonyms:
   entertainment

2. entertainment, amusementnoun

   an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

   Synonyms:
   entertainment, amusement

Matched Categories

1. • Delight
   • Diversion

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shits and giggles

   for pleasure or enjoyment

   he often went to the abandoned house for amusement.

   Submitted by acronimous on March 26, 2018  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amusementnoun

   Synonyms:
   entertainment, diversion, sport, DISPORT, play, fun, frolic, recreation, relaxation, pastime, game

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1. amusementnoun

   Synonyms:
   diversion, entertainment, beguilement, recreation, relaxation, pastime, merriment, fun, sport, pleasure

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "amusement":

   entertainment, fun, pleasure, attraction, distraction

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How to use AMUSEMENT in a sentence?

1. Chris Swallow:

   We then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement.

2. Lewis Carroll:

   I believe this thought, of the possibility of death — if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong.

3. Edna Ferber:

   Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth... But amusing Never.

4. Alexander Pope:

   Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

5. Angelo Clary:

   We both have our individual relationships with Gayle King and we all are a family, all together, we have our moments when we sit and watch movies all together, we go to amusement parks all together.