Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "hobby" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

job

Causes Desire

have party

Derived Terms

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 hobbyism hobbyist hobbyless hobbylike ride a hobby

Etymologically Related To

dobbin hobble hobby horse hop robert robin

Context

horses

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity falcon interest leisure pastime plaything pursuit toy

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

DXing SWLing amateur radio arctophily ballooning bird-nesting birdkeeping birdspotting cartophily collecting conchology congoing crosswording fishkeeping gaming groundhopping ham radio lepidoptery letterboxing metal detecting phillumeny piphilology planespotting quilting retrocomputing retrogaming roadgeeking scripophily spelunking stamp collecting tegestology train spotting

Type Of (IsA)

falcon plaything recreational activity

Related Terms

dilettantism game hobby lantern hobbyhorse hobelar hobeler

Related Terms

activity british isles collecting collecting stamps do do something falco falco subbuteo falcon for fun fun fun activity genus hobbyhorse hobelar home interest leisure leisure pastime past past time pastime recreation recreation pastime spare time species stamps time

Synonym Network

avocation pastime

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.