Holiday

//ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ//

Synonyms for "holiday" (216 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (64)

Related words (108)

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Verb(1 words)
vacation

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Translations

391 translations across 98 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • festë noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • festë noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • pushim noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἑορτή noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِجَازَة noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • عطلة noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • عُطْل noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • عُطْلَة noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Armenian

3 entries
  • արձակուրդ noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • տոն noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • տոն noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • sãrbãtoari noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Avar

1 entries
  • байрам noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • bayram noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • tətil noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • tətil noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • байрам noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • байрам көнө noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • ял noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • ял көнө noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Basque

1 entries
  • jaiegun noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вака́цыя noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • во́дпуск noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • выхадны́ noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • выхадны́ дзень noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ছুটির দিন noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вака́нция noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • вака́нция noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • о́тпуск noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • о́тпуска noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Catalan

4 entries
  • dia de festa noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • dia feriat noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • festa noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • vacances noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • جەژن noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • عهید noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Chichewa

4 entries
  • holide noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • holide noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • holide noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • holide noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 節慶 /节庆 noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • 節日 /节日 noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 休假日 noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • 假日 noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • 假期 noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • 假期 noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Chukchi

3 entries
  • крычмын noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • праздник noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • эӈэӈыткун noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • праздьникъ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • уяв noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • bayram noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Czech

4 entries
  • dovolená noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • prázdniny noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • svátek noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • svátek noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Danish

4 entries
  • ferie noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • ferie noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • fridag noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • helligdag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Dari

1 entries
  • عِید noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Dutch

4 entries
  • feestdag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • feestdag noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • vakantie noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • vakantie noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • (lernejaj) ferioj noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • festotago noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • festotago noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • libertempo noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Estonian

4 entries
  • koolivaheaeg noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • puhkust noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • püha noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • vaheaeg noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aukko noun (unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery)
  • juhlapäivä noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • loma noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • loma noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

French

4 entries
  • congé noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • fête noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • jour de congé noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • jour férié noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Galician

4 entries
  • día festivo noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • día festivo noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • día santo noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • festa noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დღესასწაული noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

German

4 entries
  • Feiertag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • Ferien noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • Ferien noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • Ruhetag noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Greek

4 entries
  • αργία noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • γιορτή noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • διακοπές noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • διακοπές noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ઉત્સવ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • તહેવાર noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • חג \ חַג noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • יום טוב noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अवकाश noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • अवकाश noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • अवकाश noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • अवकाश noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • haladék noun (finance: period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made)
  • hiány noun (unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery)
  • hézag noun (unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery)
  • kihagyott/kimaradt rész/felület noun (unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • helgidagur noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • liburan noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • liburan noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • pyhäpäivä noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • تَعْطیل noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • تَعْطیل noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • تَعْطیل noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • تَعْطیلات noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Irish

4 entries
  • laethanta saoire noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • lá saoire noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • lá saoire noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • saoire noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Italian

4 entries
  • ferie noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • giorno festivo noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • giorno festivo noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • vacanza noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 休日 noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • 休日 noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • 休暇 noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • 休暇 noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • байра́н noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • айт noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • демалыс noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • демалыс noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • мейрам noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • ថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាក noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • ថ្ងៃលំហែ noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • បុណ្យ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Korean

4 entries
  • 방학 noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • 축일 noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • 축제일 noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • 휴가 noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • айт noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • дем алыш noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • майрам noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • отпуск noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Lao

2 entries
  • ມື້ພັກ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • ມື້ພັກງານ noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Latin

4 entries
  • cessātiō noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • cessātiō noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • diēs fēstus noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • fēria noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atvaļinājums noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • brīvdienas noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atóstogos noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • неработен ден noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • одмор noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • празник noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • празник noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • fialantsasatra noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • fialantsasatra noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Malay

3 entries
  • cuti noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • cuti noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • hari perayaan noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അവധി noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • അവധിക്കാലം noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Maltese

4 entries
  • btala noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • franka noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • jum il-festa noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • vaganza noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Manx

2 entries
  • feaill noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • feailley noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • амралт noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • баяр noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • fest noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Māori

4 entries
  • hararei noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • hararei noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • hararei noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • hararei verb (to take a period of time away from work or study)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • eyd noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Northern Mansi

1 entries
  • ялпыӈ хо̄тал noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • ferie noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • ferie noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • helgedag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • helligdag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • ferie noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • ferie noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • heilagdag noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • heilagdag noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Old English

1 entries
  • hāliġdæġ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • одпочивок noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • швето noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Pashto

2 entries
  • تعطيل noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • عيد noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Heljedach noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Polish

4 entries
  • ferie noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • urlop noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • wakacje noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • święto noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • feriado noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • feriado noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • férias noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • férias noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Romanian

2 entries
  • sărbătoare noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • vacanţă noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Russian

4 entries
  • выходно́й noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • выходно́й день noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • кани́кулы noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • о́тпуск noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • latha-fèille noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • latha-fèille noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • làithean-saora noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • làithean-saora noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȃznīk noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • prȃznīk noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • svètkovina noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • òdmor noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Shor

1 entries
  • пайрам noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • གུང་སེང noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Slovak

3 entries
  • dovolenka noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • sviatok noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • sviatok noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Slovene

3 entries
  • dopust noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • praznik noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • praznik noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Spanish

4 entries
  • día de fiesta noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • día feriado noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • día festivo noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • feriado noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Swahili

4 entries
  • likizo noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • likizo noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • likizo noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • likizo noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Swedish

4 entries
  • helgdag noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • högtid noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • lov noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • semester noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Tajik

4 entries
  • ид noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • отпуска noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • таътил noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • таътил noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Tamil

4 entries
  • விடுப்பு noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • விடுப்பு noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • விடுப்பு noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • விடுமுறை noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бәйрәм noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సెలవు noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Thai

2 entries
  • วันหยุด noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • วันหยุด noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གུང་གསེང noun (day declared free from work by the government)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bayram noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • tatil noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • tatil noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • tatil noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Turkmen

4 entries
  • baýram noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • baýramçylyk noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • dynç alyş noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • kanikul noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вихідни́й noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • вихідни́й день noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • відпу́стка noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • кані́кули noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Urdu

4 entries
  • تَعْطِیل noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • تَعْطِیل noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • عِید noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • چُھٹّی noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بايرام noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • تەتىل noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bayram noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • kanikul noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)
  • otpuska noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • tatil noun (period during which pupils do not attend school)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nghỉ lễ noun (day declared free from work by the government)
  • ngày lễ noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
  • ngày nghỉ noun (period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel)
  • nghỉ mát verb (to take a period of time away from work or study)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gŵyl noun (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)

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When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.

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You are in need of a holiday.

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You've worked hard for months and have certainly earned a holiday.

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I enjoyed the holiday all the better for being with you.

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