Synonyms of idyll

idyll

noun

ˈī-dᵊl 

variants also idyl

as in spree

a time or instance of carefree fun

her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spree
• lark
• romp
• fling
• gambol
• revel
• frolic
• rollick
• escapade
• festivity
• ploy
• frisk
• binge
• caper
• prank
• antic
• carouse
• bender
• bum
• enjoyment
• merrymaking
• merriment
• amusement
• indulgence
• souse
• entertainment
• pleasure
• toot
• splore
• shenanigan(s)
• diversion
• monkeyshine(s)
• recreation
• field day
• bust
• brannigan
• self-indulgence

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idyll

Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

The walls had a nominal utility as fences for the dairy herd that was milked in the great white cow barn, but this was only ever a Gilded Age fantasy of the rustic idyll. — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

But from here, in Jacopo’s one-hectare garden, you are tucked away in a Tuscan rural idyll. — Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

These are not pretty, chintzy designs referencing a pastoral idyll. — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026