TIME KILLERS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

time killers

noun

plural of time killer

as in escapes

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Noun

Powell weighed in on whether entertainment can still bring Americans together and if action movies are one of the last remaining escapes from the political divide.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Summary The Maldives, long known for luxury escapes, is experiencing a significant shift in traveler expectations.

— Lela London, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of escapes

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Young people frustrated by the proliferation of AI and sick of screen addiction are investing in more nondigital pastimes, many of which have a nostalgic bent.

— Deeya Sonalkar, TheWeek, 8 Oct. 2026
His favorite pastimes were riding his bike and watching football, relatives told media outlets.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of pastimes

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Of course, there are also the simple pleasures of revisiting life before the digital era and the cool cars and clothes that went with it.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Can real transcendence come from sharing physical pleasures with unremarkable people who just happen to live in the same town as you?

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasures

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Leaving aside the comics, tie-books, video games, and other ancillary delights of exploiting successful IP, there’s the Netflix show, of course.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Across the hall, all-day restaurant Café Romano has a menu replete with local and regional delights like pizza mortadella (do not miss it) and myriad pastas as well as a good steak and fish of the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of delights

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Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Among the New Wave of American filmmakers in the mid-’70s, Spielberg and his friend George Lucas stood out as directors with ambitions to make old-fashioned popular entertainments.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026

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