Antonyms for holiday
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hol-i-dey |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for holiday
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