leisure
leisure is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. Dryden. At leisure. (a) Free from occupation; not busy. (b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
- 2.Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ant
- away
- big
- calm
- clear
- conjuncture
- convenience
- crisis
- deliberate
- deliberately
- ease
- end
- event
- eventuality
- fair
- favorable
- field
- fine
- given
- golden
- hanging
- haste
- have
- heavy
- high
- holiday
- hour
- hours
- hurry
- idle
- inaction
- juncture
- leisurely
- loose
- man
- master
- move
- nick
- occasion
- opening
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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