Entry Word: vacation

Function: noun

Meaning: a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended <we take a vacation at the beach for a week every year>

Synonyms break, holiday [chiefly British], leave, recess

Related Words furlough, liberty; breather, relaxation, respite, rest; interim, intermission, interval; feast, holy day, legal holiday; honeymoon; idling, loafing, lounging, slacking off

Near Antonyms routine, work