Holiday

Noun

 * 1) A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
 * 2) A day declared free from work by the government.
 * 3) A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
 * 4) A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university.
 * I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
 * 1) A period taken off work or study for travel.
 * 2) An unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.

Synonyms

 * (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed): feast day (celebratory religious event)
 * (day declared free from work by the government): Bank Holiday, national holiday
 * (period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure): leave, time off
 * (period taken off work or study for travel): vacation

Derived terms

 * Bank Holiday
 * busman's holiday
 * go on holiday
 * high days and holidays
 * holiday season
 * holiday-maker, holidaymaker
 * holidayer
 * public holiday
 * summer holiday

Verb

 * 1) To take a period of time away from work or study.
 * 2)  To spend a period of time for travel.

Adjectives for Holiday
enforced; universal; conventional; invigorating; golden; pastoral; piecemeal; summer; sunshine; sparkling.

Thesaurus
AWOL, Admission Day, Arbor Day, Armed Forces Day, Armistice Day, Army Day, Bastille Day, Christmas, Colorado Day, Constitution Day, Decoration Day, Dewali, Discovery Day, Double Ten, Easter Monday, Election Day, Empire Day, Evacuation Day, Flag Day, Foundation Day, Fourth of July, French leave, Groundhog Day, Halifax Day, Halloween, High Holiday, High Holy Day, Holi, Ides of March, Kuhio Day, Labor Day, Lenin Memorial Day, Loyalty Day, Maryland Day, May Day, Mecklenburg Day, Memorial Day, Midsummer Day, National Aviation Day, Navy Day, Nevada Day, Pan American Day, Pascua Florida Day, Pioneer Day, Remembrance Day, Roosevelt Day, State Day, Sunday, Texas Independence Day, United Nations Day, V-E Day, Victory Day, West Virginia Day, Wyoming Day, abeyance, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, anniversaries, bank holiday, break, caesura, cease-fire, celebrating, celebration, ceremony, church feast, coffee break, comfortable, commemoration, cut, day of festivities, day off, default, departure, disappearance, downtime, dressing ship, drop, escape, event, excused absence, fair, fanfare, fanfaronade, feast, feast day, festal, festival, festival day, festivity, fete, fete day, fixed feast, fleeing, flourish of trumpets, furlough, gala, gala day, go on furlough, go on leave, half time, half-time intermission, hesitation, high day, holy day, hooky, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, jubilee, lapse, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, legal holiday, letup, liberty, lull, make holiday, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, nonappearance, nonattendance, observance, off-time, ovation, paid holiday, paid vacation, pause, plateau, point of repose, quiet, quiet spell, recess, red-letter day, rejoicing, relief, religious rites, remembrance, remission, respite, rest, restful, resting point, revel, rite, ritual observance, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, salute, salvo, shore leave, sick leave, solemn observance, solemnization, stand-down, stay, suspension, take a holiday, take leave, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, time off, time out, toast, tribute, triumph, truancy, truantism, truce, unexcused absence, vacation, vacational, weekend

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: տոն (ton)
 * Bengali: chuti
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  節慶,  节庆
 * Czech:
 * Danish: helligdag
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: चुट्टी
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: giorno festivo
 * Japanese: 祭日


 * Korean: 축제일
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: празник
 * Maltese: jum il-festa
 * Manx: feaill, feailley
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: praznik, svečanik , svetkovina
 * Spanish: festividad, fiesta
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సెలవు
 * Turkish: bayram
 * Urdu: چٹّی


 * Arabic: عطل, عطلة
 * Armenian: տոն (ton)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 假日
 * Czech:
 * Danish: helligdag, fridag
 * Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä
 * German: gesetzlicher Feiertag
 * Hindi: छुट्टी
 * Hungarian: szünnap, szabadnap
 * Italian: giorno festivo
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: (休日)
 * Macedonian: празник, неработен ден
 * Maltese: btala, franka
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: día feriado
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: helgdag
 * Turkish: tatil
 * Urdu: چھٹی


 * Arabic:, عطلة
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 假日, 休假日
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: छुट्टी
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 휴가 (hyuga)
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: vaganza
 * Russian:, unpaid
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ledighet
 * Turkish: tatil
 * Urdu: چھٹی


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: распуст


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: tatil


 * Arabic: (ʼijāza)
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: (workers)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, Pl.
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian:, отсуство


 * Maltese: vaganza, btala
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, (of students or parliament)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: odmor, raspust (of students)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: tatil


 * Danish: helligdag
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: оплошность, ,
 * Swahili:


 * : vaganza, btala
 * : विरामदिन (virāmadin)

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: szabadságon van,  szabadnapos


 * Macedonian: отсуствува, зема одмор
 * Russian: брать отпуск, проводить отпуск,  проводить каникулы,


 * Finnish: matkustella
 * German: Ausflug machen


 * Hungarian: kirándul
 * Russian:

Anagrams

 * hyaloid