All hobby synonyms
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H h noun hobby
- art — Art consists of paintings, sculpture, and other pictures or objects which are created for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- avocation — Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- diversion — the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
- craft — You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- fad — a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- sideline — a line at the side of something.
- shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- vagary — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- thing — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- whimsy — capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- whim — an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk.
- craze — If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- interest — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- relaxation — abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.
- kick — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- distraction — the act of distracting.
- schtick — shtick.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
- pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.