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Synonyms for entertainment
ˌɛn tərˈteɪn mənten·ter·tain·ment

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. entertainment

    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:
    amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

    Antonyms:
    ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. entertainment, amusementnoun

    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

    Synonyms:
    amusement

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  1. diversionnoun

    to divert someone’s attention

    paul sought diversion to stop worrying about his problems

    Submitted by albertosanchezmd on April 10, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 2 votes

  1. entertainmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    hospitable treatment

  2. entertainmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    feast, banquet, treat, COLLATION, festival

  3. entertainmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    amusement, diversion, recreation, pastime

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. entertainmentnoun

    Synonyms:
    diversion, amusement, recreation, pastime, play, divertissement, banquet, junket, feast, collation

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#707entertainment
#731fun
#1291sport
#2587recreation
#3291leisure
#4192pleasure
#6590recreational
#8619entertaining
#9338delight
#11912enjoyment
#12217amusement
#12252cheer
#15612diversion
#21729spectacle
#22913receptions
#23309distraction
#34229spectacles
#36065pastime
#40294entertainments
#54297frolic
#72806merriment

How to use entertainment in a sentence?

  1. Riki Wilchins:

    You want to wish Bruce the best. But at the same time, you wish it wasn't being played out for reality-TV entertainment, yes, it's great that we're educating people. But we're talking about a civil rights issue that keeps getting recast as entertainment.

  2. Jeffrey McCall:

    It would seem the news division of a major broadcast network should not be programming content that is clearly partisan. The show should be exported to the entertainment division, if only to maintain some journalistic integrity for the news division.

  3. Dinesh Joshi:

    We keep busy with video games, thankfully we have streetlights. So we play cricket on the road at night after work. That is our mode of entertainment - and we have Netflix.

  4. Nic Newman:

    In some countries, subscription fatigue may also be setting in, with the majority preferring to spend their limited budget on entertainment (Netflix/Spotify) rather than news, not surprisingly, news comes low down the list when compared with other services such as Netflix and Spotify – especially for the younger half of the population.

  5. Stefanie Keenan/WireImage:

    I had my job, I had a career, and then I found a calling, i loved entertainment and I loved filming, and so I got to combine all of it.


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