holiday

²holiday

verb

Definition of HOLIDAY

intransitive verb

: to take or spend a holiday especially in travel or at a resort

— hol·i·day·er noun

Examples of HOLIDAY

1. She likes holidaying in the Caribbean.
2. <saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia>

First Known Use of HOLIDAY

1869

Related to HOLIDAY

Synonyms: vacation

Related Words: escape, get (away), get off; break, recess; ease (up), let up; relax, repose, rest; bum, goldbrick, idle, laze, loaf, lounge, slack (off)

Near Antonyms: drudge, endeavor, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work

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