Hobby

//ˈhɑ.bi//

Synonyms for "hobby" (23 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Noun(4 words)

avocation pursuit amusement by-line

avocation

Strong matches (7)

Noun(6 words)

diversion divertisement falco subbuteo fancy hobby horse hobbyhorse

enthusiasm

Related words (11)

interest irish hobby magpie pastime

Noun(7 words)

irish hobby kill-time pastime rocking horse sideline spare-time activity sport

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

8 entries

activity falcon interest leisure pastime plaything pursuit toy

More specific

32 entries

DXing SWLing amateur radio arctophily ballooning bird-nesting birdkeeping birdspotting cartophily collecting conchology congoing crosswording fishkeeping gaming groundhopping

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

job

Synonyms

2 entries

avocation pastime

Related terms

6 entries

dilettantism game hobby lantern hobbyhorse hobelar hobeler

causes desire

1 entries

have party

derived

21 entries

African hobby Australian hobby Eurasian hobby Falco cuvierii Falco longipennis Falco severus Falco subbuteo Irish hobby Oriental hobby hobby bobby hobby desk hobby farm hobby horse hobby knife hobby table hobbycraft

Showing 16 of 21 words.

etymologically related_to

6 entries

dobbin hobble hobby horse hop robert robin

has context

1 entries

horses

is a

3 entries

falcon plaything recreational activity

related to

28 entries

activity british isles collecting collecting stamps do do something falco falco subbuteo falcon for fun fun fun activity genus hobbyhorse hobelar home

Showing 16 of 28 words.

Translations

177 translations across 87 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

stokperdjie noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Albanian

2 entries

hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
punë qejfi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

διατριβή noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Arabic

4 entries

تَفَنُّن noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
شَوْق noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
هَوَس noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
هِوَايَة noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Armenian

1 entries

հոբբի noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Asturian

1 entries

ferlamicu noun (Falco subbuteo)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

hobbi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Basque

1 entries

zaletasun noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Belarusian

3 entries

захапле́нне noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
захапле́ньне noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хо́бі noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Bengali

1 entries

শখ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Bulgarian

3 entries

сокол орко noun (Falco subbuteo)
увлече́ние noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хо́би noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Burmese

1 entries

ဝါသနာ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

го́бі noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Catalan

2 entries

albanell noun (Falco subbuteo)
passatemps noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Chinese

2 entries

愛好 /爱好 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
趣味 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

嗜好 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
愛好 /爱好 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
趣味 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

嗜好 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
愛好 /爱好 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
趣味 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Czech

3 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
koníček noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ostříž lesní noun (Falco subbuteo)

Danish

2 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
lærkefalk noun (Falco subbuteo)

Dari

3 entries

تَفَنُّن noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
سَرْگَرْمِی noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
شَوق noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Dutch

3 entries

boomvalk noun (Falco subbuteo)
hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
vrijetijdsbesteding noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Esperanto

2 entries

hobio noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ŝatokupo noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Estonian

1 entries

harrastus noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Faroese

1 entries

vákasmyril noun (Falco subbuteo)

Finnish

3 entries

harraste noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
harrastus noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
nuolihaukka noun (Falco subbuteo)

French

3 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
hobereau noun (Falco subbuteo)
passe-temps noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Georgian

3 entries

აჩემებული რამ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
გატაცება noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ჰობი noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

German

3 entries

Baumfalke noun (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
Steckenpferd noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Greek

3 entries

πάρεργο noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
χόμπι noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
χόμπυ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Gujarati

1 entries

શોખ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Hebrew

1 entries

תַּחְבִּיב noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Hindi

3 entries

रुचि noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
शौक़ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
सरगर्मी noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Hungarian

4 entries

hobbi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
kabasólyom noun (Falco subbuteo)
kedvenc időtöltés noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
kedvtelés noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Icelandic

4 entries

hobbí noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
tómstundagaman noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
tómstundaiðja noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
áhugamál noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Indonesian

2 entries

hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
kegemaran noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Interlingua

2 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
passatempore noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

تَفَنُّن noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
سَرْگَرْمی noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
شُوق noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Irish

1 entries

caitheamh aimsire noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Italian

4 entries

falco noun (Falco subbuteo)
falcone noun (Falco subbuteo)
hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
passatempo noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Japanese

1 entries

趣味 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Kazakh

4 entries

мұштақ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хобби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
әуестік noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
әуесқойлық noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Khmer

2 entries

ចំណង់ចំណូលចិត្ត noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ចំណូលចិត្ត noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Korean

2 entries

새홀리기 noun (Falco subbuteo)
취미 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

хобби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Lao

1 entries

ພັກສມອງ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Latin

4 entries

delicium noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
oblectatio noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
voluptas noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
āvocāmentum noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Latvian

2 entries

hobijs noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
vaļasprieks noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Lithuanian

2 entries

hobis noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
pomėgis noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Macedonian

1 entries

хоби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Malay

1 entries

hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Maltese

2 entries

passatemp noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ħobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Manx

1 entries

shirragh corranagh noun (Falco subbuteo)

Mongolian

2 entries

сонирхол noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хобби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Māori

2 entries

mahi tākaro noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
runaruna noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hobî noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Okinawan

1 entries

趣味 noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

гоби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Pashto

1 entries

شوق noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Polish

2 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
kobuz noun (Falco subbuteo)

Portuguese

3 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
passatempo noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
ógea noun (Falco subbuteo)

Romanian

1 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Russian

4 entries

конёк noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
увлече́ние noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хо́бби noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
чегло́к noun (Falco subbuteo)

Sanskrit

1 entries

देवना noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Scots

1 entries

habby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cur-seachad noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
fòidearachd noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
gearran-àrd noun (Falco subbuteo)
gnàth-obair noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

hȍbi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хо̏би noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Slovak

2 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
koníček noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Slovene

1 entries

konjiček noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Spanish

4 entries

afición noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
alcotán noun (Falco subbuteo)
hobby (Americanism) noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
jobi (Americanism) noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Swedish

2 entries

hobby noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
lärkfalk noun (Falco subbuteo)

Tagalog

1 entries

hilig noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Tajik

2 entries

саргармӣ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
шавқ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Thai

1 entries

งานอดิเรก noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Tibetan

1 entries

དགའ་པོ་བྱེད་ཡག noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Turkish

2 entries

hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
merak noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Turkmen

3 entries

güýmenje noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
hobbi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Ukrainian

2 entries

захо́плення noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
хо́бі noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Urdu

4 entries

تَفَنُّن noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
سَرْگَرْمی noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
شَوق noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
مَشْغَلَہ noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Uyghur

1 entries

ھەۋەس noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Uzbek

1 entries

xobbi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sở thích noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
sở thích riêng noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Volapük

2 entries

livüpajäf noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
löfäl noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Walloon

2 entries

pasmint d' tins noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)
passe-tins noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Welsh

1 entries

hobi noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿערדל noun (activity done for enjoyment in spare time)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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My hobby is to listen to music.

Source: tatoeba (6011)

You ought not to have spent so much money on your hobby.

Source: tatoeba (16007)

Smokers are as aware as anybody else of the disadvantages of their hobby, but manage to live with that knowledge for two main reasons.

Source: tatoeba (19957)

I draw for a hobby.

Source: tatoeba (22068)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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