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Synonyms of vacation

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Another word for vacation is holiday. Other synonyms of vacation are leave, pause, break and recess.

Synonyms and similar words for vacation

nounAn extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.

  • holidayA period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

nounThe act of vacating something; moving out.

nounFree time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.

verbTo spend or take a vacation.

  • go on holiday UKTo experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.
  • go on vacationSynonym of go on holiday.

nounMore synonyms

  • annual leaveThe use of such days to be away from work; on holiday or vacation.
  • breakA short holiday.
  • day offA day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.
  • getawayA vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
  • leavePermission to be absent; time away from one's work.
  • leave of absenceA period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays or a...
  • pauseA short time for relaxing and doing something else.
  • recessA temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
  • time away
  • time offA period of time where one is not required to work.
  • vacTo vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
  • vacaA surname from Spanish.
  • vacay USA vacation.

Meaning of vacation

  1. noun An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
  2. noun An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
  3. noun A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.

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Questions about synonyms of vacation

What is another word for vacation?
Vacation has 20 synonyms on Word.ws, such as holiday, leave, pause, break and recess.
What does vacation mean?
Vacation means an extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vacation (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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