Holiday
Holiday verb - To take or spend a vacation.
Usage example: saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia
Idle and holiday are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Idle" instead a verb "Holiday".
Nearby Words: holidayed, holidaying
Idle
Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Every Christmas/New Year holiday break, Radio New Zealand goes "mufti day" and hosts the "Matinee Idle" radio show, where bad, campy and novelty music is played back for laughs.
Source: So Bad, It's Good
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Idle and Holiday. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/idle
Holiday & Idle. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/idle>.
Idle or Holiday. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/idle.
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