Antonyms for hobbies

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hob-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒb i

Definition of hobbies

Origin : late 13c., hobyn, "small horse, pony," later "mock horse used in the morris dance," and c.1550 "child's toy riding horse," which led to hobby-horse in a transferred sense of "favorite pastime or avocation," first recorded 1670s, shortened to hobby by 1816. The connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere." Probably originally a proper name for a horse (cf. dobbin), a diminutive of Robert or Robin. The original hobbyhorse was a "Tourney Horse," a wooden or basketwork frame worn around the waist and held on with shoulder straps, with a fake tail and horse head attached, so the wearer appears to be riding a horse. These were part of church and civic celebrations at Midsummer and New Year's throughout England.

noun pleasurable pastime

Example sentences :

Whately was a man of hobbies, and horticulture was one of these.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey

But the true man of that type had found all hobbies fail him.
Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton

But the world, Auberon, the real world, is not run on these hobbies.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

He chooses his hobbies and “rides” them entirely on his own initiative.
Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman

Cochran knew the Major intimately, his hobbies and aversions.
Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

It was all those scientific men with their hobbies that led us such a dance!
Extract from : « Picked up at Sea » by J.C. Hutcheson

You can have all your damn relaxations and hobbies, or what have you.
Extract from : « Security » by Ernest M. Kenyon

You were always so patient with my hobbies that I thought you would be interested in this too.
Extract from : « More About Peggy » by Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey

"Hobbies and social activities are not bad," Baker said, after a time.
Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones

Of course, mine cost a little money, but that's one of my hobbies.
Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Synonyms for hobbies

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