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holiday
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a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended the member of parliament met his wife while on holiday in the south of France Synonyms break, vacation [chiefly British], hols [British], leave, recessRelated Words sabbatical; furlough, liberty; breather, relaxation, respite, rest; interim, intermission, interval; feast, holy day, legal holiday; idling, loafing, lounging, slacking
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holiday
Synonyms and Antonyms of holiday
to take or spend a vacation saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia Synonyms vacationRelated 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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