RECREATIONS Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

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plural of recreation

as in entertainments

someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon

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as in amusements

the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business

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as in sports

an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting

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re-creations

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plural of re-creation

as in rehabilitations

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Recent Examples of recreations

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The billboards echo a 1969 campaign Ono created with John Lennon, while the Broad’s programming includes performance art recreations and an August concert series featuring Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, and Rufus Wainwright. —

Julius Miller follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 The recreations were so convincing that visitors from Tennessee believed the film had shot on location. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026 Fans arrive through an orange grove, before entering recreations of notable locations like Fender’s Ballroom. —

Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026 Since our feet support our weight, an unsupportive shoe can make or break endurance, balance, and movement on bustling travel days or during high-energy recreations. —

Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026 The series uses archive footage and stylised recreations, and expert analysis from historians and academics to chart the rise to power of each queen, while investigating key aspects of their reign. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026 The Route 66 Museum in the town library features recreations of a 1950s gas station and a classic diner, along with displays of antique cars and a collection of Route 66 books. —

Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026 This sense of domestic insecurity carries through the remaining two-thirds of the film, which incorporates doubles, cyborgs, and holographic recreations of the film’s female characters. —

Katie Rife, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026 The exhibition also includes life-size recreations of areas of the ship intended to show what daily life was like on board for passengers across different classes. —

Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026

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Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
The park allow visitors to experience the movie stories; the movies remind you of the park rides; the whole reminds you of beloved childhood entertainments.

— Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026