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Synonyms for amusement
əˈmyuz məntamuse·ment
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
amusement
Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.
Synonyms:
cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sportAntonyms:
ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work
Princeton's WordNet
amusementnoun
a feeling of delight at being entertained
Synonyms:
entertainmententertainment, amusementnoun
an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
Synonyms:
entertainment
Editors Contribution
shits and giggles
for pleasure or enjoyment
he often went to the abandoned house for amusement.
Submitted by acronimous on March 26, 2018
Dictionary of English Synonymes
amusementnoun
Synonyms:
entertainment, diversion, sport, DISPORT, play, fun, frolic, recreation, relaxation, pastime, game
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
amusementnoun
Synonyms:
diversion, entertainment, beguilement, recreation, relaxation, pastime, merriment, fun, sport, pleasure
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List of paraphrases for "amusement":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#707 | entertainment | |
#731 | fun | |
#1291 | sport | |
#2587 | recreation | |
#4192 | pleasure | |
#5410 | attraction | |
#9338 | delight | |
#11912 | enjoyment | |
#12217 | amusement | |
#12252 | cheer | |
#15612 | diversion | |
#23309 | distraction | |
#36065 | pastime | |
#54297 | frolic | |
#72806 | merriment |
How to use amusement in a sentence?
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
All zoos actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.
A family vacation to an amusement park – or a trip to the grocery store, a football game or school – should not result in children becoming sickened by an almost 100 percent preventable disease, we are fortunate to have an incredibly effective tool that can prevent our children from suffering. That is so rare in medicine.
Translations for amusement
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- تسليةArabic
- развлечение, забавлениеBulgarian
- diduamantBreton
- zábavaCzech
- underholdningDanish
- Entertainment, Unterhaltung, Amüsement, VergnügenGerman
- ψυχαγωγία, διασκέδαση, αναψυχήGreek
- amuzadoEsperanto
- diversión, divertimientoSpanish
- شادی خوشحالی خوشی مسرت, سرگرمیPersian
- huvi, huvitus, huvittuneisuus, hilpeysFinnish
- amusementFrench
- שעשוע, כיוףHebrew
- hiburanIndonesian
- intrattenimento, festeggiamento, divertimentoItalian
- 娯楽, 遊び, アミューズメントJapanese
- көңүл ачуу, эриккенди жазуу, эрмек, оюн-зоокKyrgyz
- harakoaMāori
- разонода, забаваMacedonian
- hiburanMalay
- amusement, vertierDutch
- zabawaPolish
- divertimentoPortuguese
- забава, развлечениеRussian
- razvedrilo, zabavaSlovene
- கேளிக்கைTamil
- వినోదంTelugu
- eğlence, eğlenti, etkinlik, uğraşıTurkish
- hài hướcVietnamese
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