Furlough Synonyms

fûrlō
A regularly scheduled period spent away from work or duty, often in recreation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. leave
  2. vacation
  3. leave-of-absence
  4. layoff
  5. rest and recuperation
  6. r-r
  7. permit
  8. holiday
  9. inoccupation
Dismiss, usually for economic reasons
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lay off

Words Related to Furlough

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. work
  2. on furlough
  3. tour-of-duty

Furlough Sentence Examples

  • Rostov lived, as before, with Denisov, and since their furlough they had become more friendly than ever.

  • A time of furlough in Corsica from September 1786 to September 1787 served to strengthen his affection for his mother, and for the island which he still hoped to free from the French yoke.

  • Sometimes his brother let him out for a furlough, claimed he was free, and then yanked him back.

  • Rejoining his regiment, then in the garrison at Auxonne, after a furlough of twenty-one months, the young officer went through a time of much privation, brightened only by the study of history and cognate subjects.

  • The beginnings of this rupture, as well as a sharp affray between his volunteers and the townsfolk of Ajaccio, may have quickened Bonaparte's resolve to return to France in May 1792, but there were also personal and family reasons for this step. Having again exceeded his time of furlough, he was liable to the severe penalties attaching to a deserter and an émigré but he saw that the circumstances of the time would help to enforce the appeal for reinstatement which he resolved to make at Paris.

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