Entertainment

Noun

 * 1) An activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
 * 2) a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
 * 3)  maintenance or support
 * 4) Admission into service; service.
 * 5)  Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
 * 6) * Sir John Davies
 * The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.
 * 1)  Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
 * 2) * Sir John Davies
 * The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

Adjectives for Entertainment
charming; rude; hospitable; society; elaborate; endless; incessant; boisterous; casual; youthful;  distinguished; amateur; critical; mutual; princely; diversified ; clever; friendly; dramatic; musical; honorable; momentary; laborious; sumptuous; guest; evening; varied; sparkling; incidental.

Verbs for Entertainment
accord—; afford—; announce—; applaud—; approve of—; buy—; desire—; furnish—; guarantee—; lack—; perceive with—; prepare—; produce—; provide—; seek—; stage—; supply—; surprise with—; —annoys; —bores; —delights; —diverts; —enlivens; —interests; —pleases; —tires; —wearies.

Synonyms for Entertainment
amusement, fun, merriment, enjoyment, pleasure, party, sport, cheer, delight, frolic, diversion, pastime, recreation, play, feast, banquet, picnic, dance, concert, social event, merrymaking.

Antonyms for Entertainment
gloom, sadness, boredom, weariness, listlessness, ennui, fatigue, drudgery, work, toil, depression, melancholy, labor.

Derived terms

 * entertainment industry

Thesaurus
Kaffeeklatsch, amusement, animal pleasure, ball, benefit, bill, blowout, board, bodily pleasure, carnal delight, cocktail party, coffee klatch, comfort, content, contentment, costume party, coziness, creature comforts, debut, dinner, dinner party, distraction, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, donation party, ease, endpleasure, enjoyment, euphoria, exhibit, exhibition, extravaganza, farewell performance, feed, festivity, flesh show, forepleasure, fruition, fun, garden party, gratification, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment, hen party, house party, house-raising, housewarming, intellectual pleasure, joie de vivre, keen pleasure, kicks, lawn party, luxury, mask, masque, masquerade, masquerade party, meal, meat, mess, mirth, pageant, party, passe-temps, pastime, performance, physical pleasure, play, pleasure, premiere, presentation, presentment, production, quiet pleasure, recreation, refection, refreshment, regalement, relaxation, relief, relish, repas, repast, satisfaction, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, sexual pleasure, shindig, shindy, show, shower, smoker, solace, spectacle, spectacular, sport, spread, stag, stag party, stage presentation, surprise party, swan song, sweetness of life, table, theatrical performance, titillation, treat, tryout, voluptuousness, well-being, zest

Etymology
From entretenement:; see entertain:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vermaak
 * Albanian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 娛樂, 娱乐
 * Czech:
 * Danish: underholdning, morskab
 * French: divertissement
 * German: Unterhaltung
 * Greek:, ψυχαγωγία
 * Hebrew: בדור
 * Japanese: 娯楽


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: رابواردن
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: entretenimento
 * Romanian: divertisment, distracție, petrecere
 * Russian: развлечение
 * Scots: enterteenment
 * Spanish: entretenimiento
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: వినోదం (vinOdam)


 * Albanian:
 * Danish: underholdning
 * Greek: θέαμα
 * Hebrew: מופע
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ئاهه‌نگ


 * Macedonian: претстава
 * Polish: widowisko
 * Russian: развлечение
 * Scots: enterteenment
 * Swahili:


 * : argëtim, dëfrim
 * : intertenimento (1,2)
 * : intrattenimento
 * : intrattenimento


 * : entretenimento (1,2)
 * : entretenimiento (1,2)
 * : giải trí