Synonyms for holiday

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hol-i-dey

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ

Top 10 synonyms for holiday

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Définition of holiday

Origin : 1500s, earlier haliday (c.1200), from Old English haligdæg "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (see holy) + dæg "day" (see day); in 14c. meaning both "religious festival" and "day of recreation," but pronunciation and sense diverged 16c. As a verb meaning "to pass the holidays" by 1869.

noun celebratory day; time off

Example sentences :

The office had been closed, owing to a death, and Palmer was in possession of a holiday.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

They would have a holiday together, and then they would say good-bye.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Won't your Professor give you a holiday from—is it microbes you study?
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

It makes a holiday in Colchis whenever such a thing happens.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It was holiday for the horses of the Sun, and away they went.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

Nevertheless, they bore it very well, being all in their holiday humours.
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

The day was a holiday from school, but not from morning service.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

And if he lays it by, what becomes of his portfolio when he is unchained for a holiday?
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

I have been requested to take a holiday, and, rather than offend the powers that be, have given in.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

I have not had much of a holiday, you see, for two years now!
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Antonyms for holiday

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