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. Alyssa Mastromonaco:

   He'll (Obama) be back but if there was anyone who deserved a vacation, it was those two, he's living his best life.

2. Bei Bei:

   During vacation, none of the technology was associated with shorter sleep time, because adolescents were able to sleep in later, however, we found that social media was associated with somewhat longer time to fall asleep, and this might be due to social media being mentally alerting and emotionally engaging, so it's harder for adolescents to wind down quickly afterwards.

3. Beau Duffy:

   There is continued concern about the rise in speeding and aggressive driving as we enter the heart of the vacation travel season and increased traffic volumes on the highways.

4. Ferdinand Marcos:

   When we came back from our 'enforced vacation' we were the issue, and so to answer that we had to be also in the political stage, there was very little else we could do if we were to somehow be able to continue to be able to work and to do something, and part of it is also to defend ourselves.

5. Chuck Codd:

   I remember when she came to me and asked about vacation rental, my thoughts were, 'Who’s coming to Waco?' honestly, we didn’t fix it up with that intent.