Synonyms for pastime
ˈpæsˌtaɪm, ˈpɑs-pas·time

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1. pastimenoun

   Synonyms:
   diversion, hobby, sport, amusement

2. pastimeverb

   To sport; to amuse oneself.

   Synonyms:
   sport, amusement, diversion, hobby

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1. pastime

   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, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport

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

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1. pastime

   Synonyms:
   recreation, entertainment, amusement, diversion, play, sport

   Antonyms:
   business, study, labor, task, occupation, work

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1. pastime, interest, pursuitnoun

   a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

   "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"

   Synonyms:
   hobby, interest group, sideline, interestingness, pursual, following, pursuance, chase, sake, avocation, involvement, stake, by-line, interest, quest, spare-time activity, pursuit

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1. • Diversion

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1. pastimenoun

   Synonyms:
   amusement, entertainment, diversion, sport, play, recreation

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1. pastimenoun

   Synonyms:
   amusement, sport, diversion, recreation, divertisement, entertainment, play, fun

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1. List of paraphrases for "pastime":

   hobby, leisure

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How to use pastime in a sentence?

1. Lee Moon:

   This appears to be remarkably poor judgement from Tesco, fox hunting is an illegal, archaic pastime that's abhorred by the majority of the population.

2. Cesare Pavese:

   Reality is a prison, where one vegetates and always will. All the rest --thought, action --is just a pastime, mental or physical. What counts then, is to come to grips with reality. The rest can go.

3. Robert Benchley:

   Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

4. Laura Bush:

   I was shocked, george had never even looked at art…he read Churchill’s little essay ‘Painting as a Pastime,’ and at the same time he got an app on his iPad where he could draw stick figures; when he was on the road he’d draw himself at a podium giving a speech, sending it to me, and somehow he started thinking about becoming a painter.

5. Elizabeth II:

   It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.