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

Supposedly posing a threat to their idyll on the outskirts are various marauding splinter groups running amok through the barren wasteland of the American Mountain West. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core. — Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026

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