Holiday
Holiday noun - A period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended.
Shift and holiday are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Holiday".
Nearby Words: holidayed, holidaying
Shift
Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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For a while all it could do was talk and shift its shape, but after Bun-Bun started acquiring the powers of various holiday figures, it was able to take on a physical form as well.
Source: Living Shadow -
Genre Shift: The various holiday events all deviate from the standard 5v5 Ancient-destroying gameplay.
Source: Video Game / Dota 2 - Labor Day is less of a political holiday than International Workers' Day (May 1) is in the rest of the world, with politicians only making speeches during election years; due to the US's rigidly-set election dates, though, it is when campaigns traditionally shift into high gear.
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Shift and Holiday. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/shift
Holiday & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/shift>.
Shift or Holiday. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/shift.
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