Synonyms of pastime

pastime

noun

as in hobby

an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time

Her favorite pastime is gardening.

Baseball has been a national pastime for years.

Related Words

• hobby
• sport
• amusement
• hobbyhorse
• recreation
• entertainment
• dalliance
• relaxation
• rollicking
• enjoyment
• fun
• frolic
• diversion
• romping
• pleasure
• frolicking
• fun and games
• play
• delight
• lark
• playfulness
• gamboling
• pleasance
• rascality
• wantonness
• revelry
• devilment
• revel
• merrymaking
• mischief
• merriment
• spree
• hob
• sportiveness
• jinks
• devilry
• knavery
• friskiness
• horseplay
• mischievousness
• hilarity
• binge
• tomfoolery
• buffoonery
• roguishness
• fling
• hanky-panky
• high jinks
• rollick
• impishness
• waggery
• kick
• whoopee

Dissimilar Words

• work
• labor
• drudgery
• duty
• obligation
• responsibility

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pastime

Because thrifting has become a favorite pastime among shoppers, so Goodwill wanted to give the community more opportunities to celebrate rather than limiting it to a single day, according to Chief Marketing Officer Karen Lithgow. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

However, some longtime guests are wondering if their next visit will feel different after changes announced this summer, which many see as efforts to curb resort hopping, a cheap and popular pastime on non-park days. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Those of us who want the group to continue are torn between enjoying this pastime and being compassionate for this individual. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Set in 1943, the series follows the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which recruited hundreds of women to keep America’s favorite pastime in the spotlight during World War II. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026