Dictionary Entry
holiday
holiday is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
- 2noun
A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
- 3noun
A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
- 4adjective
Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
- 5adjective
Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
- 6noun
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
"we get two weeks of vacation every summer"
"we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
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- 7noun
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
"no mail is delivered on federal holidays"
"it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
- 8verb
spend or take a vacation
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