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vacation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of vacation

a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended

area schools are on vacation that week in February so local ski resorts do a booming business

Synonyms of vacation

break, holiday [chiefly British], hols [British], leave, recess

Words Related to vacation

furlough, liberty

breather, relaxation, respite, rest

interim, intermission, interval

feast, holy day, legal holiday

idling, loafing, lounging, slacking

vacation

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of vacation

to take or spend a vacation

hoping to vacation in Spain this summer

Synonyms of vacation

Words Related to vacation

escape, get (away), get off

ease (up), let up

relax, repose, rest

bum, goldbrick, idle, laze, loaf, lounge, slack (off)

Near Antonyms of vacation

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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