All leisure synonyms
lei·sure
L l noun leisure
- recreation — the act of creating anew.
- convenience — If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you.
- relaxation — abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- liberty — freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- retirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- repose — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- sabbatical — of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- holiday — Billie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
- opportunity — an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
- scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- time out — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
- time off — holiday, vacation from work
adjective leisure
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- sports — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.