vacation: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with V · ends with N
Meaning of vacation
noun
- countable, uncountable
An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
Example: We were on vacation in Florida this year.
- countable, uncountable
An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
Example: Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
- countable, uncountable
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- countable, uncountable
The act of vacating something; moving out.
Example: The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
Listed forms: vacations.
Source: Wiktionary — vacation.
verb
- intransitive
To spend or take a vacation.
Example: This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Listed forms: vacations, vacationing, vacationed.
Source: Wiktionary — vacation.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for vacation.
noun
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
verb
spend or take a vacation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is vacation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of vacation
V(4) + A(1) + C(3) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of vacation
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from vacation
78 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in vacation. Showing up to 24, longest first.