Thesaurus:hobby

Thesaurus

hobby

English

Noun

Sense: a recreational activity done for enjoyment in spare time

Synonyms

• amusement
• avocation
• diversion
• divertisement
• fancy
• hobby
• kill-time (obsolete)
• pastime
• pursuit
• sport (obsolete)

Antonyms

• work    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• amateur radio
• arctophily
• ballooning
• birdkeeping
• bird-nesting
• birdspotting
• cartophily
• collecting
• collecting
• conchology
• congoing
• crosswording
• DXing
• fishkeeping
• gaming
• groundhopping
• ham radio
• lepidoptery
• letterboxing
• metal detecting
• phillumeny
• piphilology
• planespotting
• quilting
• retrocomputing
• retrogaming
• roadgeeking
• scripophily
• spelunking
• sport
• stamp collecting
• SWLing
• tegestology
• train spotting

Hypernyms

• activity    [⇒ thesaurus]
• leisure

Various

• dilettantism

See also

• Thesaurus:game

Further reading

• “840. amusement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hobby” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.