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Another word for recreation

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Noun

  1. Activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement

      1. Frolicsome diversion.
      2. (Archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation; entertainment; amusement
      3. (Archaic) A disporting; amusement; play
      1. Something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains.
      2. A maneuver that draws the attention of an opponent away from a planned point of action, especially as part of military strategy.
      3. A policy or practice permitting a juvenile to be removed from traditional processing in juvenile court and placed in a program involving an alternative disposition, such as treatment or rehabilitation services.
      1. A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure:
      2. Enjoyment; amusement:
      3. Lively, joyous play or playfulness; amusement, sport, recreation, etc.
      1. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that starts or resumes the audible or visual presentation of a recording.
      2. Freedom or occasion for action; scope:
      3. The act or manner of engaging in a game or sport:
      1. Such activities considered as a group:
      2. Fun; amusement:
      3. Fun or play
    See also:

    work

  2. The condition of being amused

    See also:

    excite

  3. Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain

    See also:

    excite

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for recreation

Noun
      1. Something that amuses or entertains; entertainment
      2. (Uncountable) Entertainment
      3. (Countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
      1. A relaxing or being relaxed; loosening, lessening of severity, etc.
      2. Refreshment of body or mind; recreation:
      3. A lessening of or rest from work, worry, or effort
      1. Something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains.
      2. A maneuver that draws the attention of an opponent away from a planned point of action, especially as part of military strategy.
      3. A policy or practice permitting a juvenile to be removed from traditional processing in juvenile court and placed in a program involving an alternative disposition, such as treatment or rehabilitation services.
      1. The way or technique of playing a game
      2. A maneuver, move, or act in a game; specif., a planned, coordinated action executed by members of a team during a game
      3. The act or manner of engaging in a game or sport:
      1. A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure:
      2. Enjoyment; amusement:
      3. Lively, joyous play or playfulness; amusement, sport, recreation, etc.
      1. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement:
      2. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
      3. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
      1. (Uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
      2. Something that gives pleasure:
      3. The possession, use, or benefit of something
      1. The joy and merriment of a festival or celebration.
      2. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
      3. Festive proceedings; things done in celebration
      1. An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.
      2. Something that one likes to do or study in one's spare time; favorite pastime or avocation
      3. Any of several small falcons of the genus Falco, formerly used for catching small birds or game.
      1. Any period of freedom from something
      2. (Chiefly British) A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
      3. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
      1. A holiday.
      2. (Rare) The act of making vacant
      3. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee.
      1. That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games.
      1. One's wish, will, or choice
      2. A source of enjoyment or delight:
      3. Amusement; fun
      1. (Mathematics) A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.
      2. Any form of play or way of playing; amusement; recreation; sport; frolic; play
      3. A particular style or manner of playing a game:
      1. (Obs.) The fact of being called away or distracted from something
      2. (Now Rare) One's regular work; vocation
      3. Something one does in addition to a vocation or regular work, and usually for pleasure; hobby
      1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed.
      2. Food or drink or both, esp. as a light meal
      3. Something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest
    See also:

    entertainment

    sport

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Sentence Examples

  • The grounds have been laid out as a recreation garden.

  • A public recreation ground, Brinton Park, was opened in 1887.

  • The higher summits in the south are above the tree line and expose great areas of bare rock: mountaineering is here a delightful summer recreation, with camps in the highland forests and ascents to the lofty peaks.

  • It makes me most happy to remember the hours we spent helping each other in study and sharing our recreation together.

  • There's time for recreation before my business in Omaha.

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