holiday

Meaning of holiday

noun
  1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
    Today is a Wiccan holiday!
  2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.
  3. A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
  4. A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
    I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
  5. A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
    a mortgage payment holiday
  6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
verb
  1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
  2. To spend a period of time for travel.

Information about holiday

  • The plural form of holiday is: holidays.
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Hyphenation of holiday

hol-i-day

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • holiday is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

holiday synonyms

Meaning vacation:

vacation

Meaning :

leave, lacuna

Translation of holiday

Anagrams of holiday

hyaloid, hyoidal

Words that rhyme with holiday

Halliday, Holiday, Holliday, antiholiday, postholiday, preholiday, proholiday, semiholiday, unholiday, Ferriday, Friday, friday, centiday

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