Recreational

adj

adj ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    For, or relating to, recreation. not-comparable

    "This is perhaps what we call recreational reading and we may be doing something useful in supplying it, if not anything strictly educational or even librarious."

Adjective
  1. 1
    engaged in as a pastime wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to recreation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amateuramusingbeguilingdelightfulentertainingfun

Example

More examples

"Still others simply travel around America in recreational vehicles, seeing parts of the country they had been too busy to see before."

Etymology

From recreation + -al.

Related phrases

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