| festival | | |
| n. (time) | 1. festival | a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ church festival, religious festival | a festival having religious significance. |
| n. (act) | 2. festival, fete | an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place).; "a drama festival" |
| ~ festivity, celebration | any joyous diversion. |
| ~ carnival | a festival marked by merrymaking and processions. |
| ~ bacchanalia, dionysia | an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus). |
| ~ eisteddfod | any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing). |
| ~ film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year). |
| ~ jazz festival | a festival that features performances by jazz artists. |
| ~ kwanzaa, kwanza | a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year. |
| ~ oktoberfest | an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer. |
| ~ saturnalia | an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn. |
| ~ sheepshearing | a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared. |
| holiday | | |
| n. (time) | 1. holiday, vacation | 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" |
| ~ leisure, leisure time | time available for ease and relaxation.; "his job left him little leisure" |
| ~ half-term | a short vacation about halfway through a school term.; "he came to visit at half-term" |
| ~ vac | informal term for vacation. |
| ~ picnic, outing, field day | a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering. |
| ~ honeymoon | a holiday taken by a newly married couple. |
| ~ paid vacation | a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted. |
| n. (time) | 2. holiday | 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" |
| ~ half-holiday | a day on which half is free from work or duty. |
| ~ day | a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance.; "Mother's Day" |
| ~ feast day, fete day | a day designated for feasting. |
| ~ holy day, religious holiday | a day specified for religious observance. |
| ~ christmas eve, dec 24 | the day before Christmas. |
| ~ legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday | authorized by law and limiting work or official business. |
| ~ poppy day, remembrance day, remembrance sunday | the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated. |
| ~ ramanavami | Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama. |
| ~ mesasamkranti | Hindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries. |
| v. (stative) | 3. holiday, vacation | spend or take a vacation. |
| ~ spend, pass | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| ~ honeymoon | spend a holiday after one's marriage.; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i" |
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