Holiday
Holiday verb - To take or spend a vacation.
Usage example: saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia
Nearby Words: holidayed, holidaying
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
How words are described
| old | old holiday | old work |
| nice | nice holiday | nice work |
| best | best holiday | best work |
| similar | similar holiday | similar work |
| Other adjectives: normal, short, complete, current, original, single, popular, actual, entire, real, important, new, major, given, final, fictional, last, different, earlier, favorite. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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A Busman's Holiday is a vacation spent doing things similar to one's normal work.
Source: Busman's Holiday - Since many people in Russia feel The Great Politics Mess-Up is a tragic event, they intentionally refuse to celebrate this day as a holiday, instead just using it as a day off work.
Source: Useful Notes / Russian Holidays - An extra work cycle just twice a week will give you the spending money you need to make this holiday a very special one.
Source: Canned Orders over Loudspeaker
Cite this Source
Work and Holiday. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/work
Holiday & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/work>.
Work or Holiday. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/holiday/work.
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