Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept RecreationOrExercise
More specialized WordNet synsets
- playing
- taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
- juggle, juggling
- throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
- magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, illusion, deception
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- musical performance
- act of performing music
- playing
- the act of playing a musical instrument
- jam session
- an impromptu jazz concert
- tourism, touristry, touring
- the business of providing services to tourists; "Tourism is a major business in Bermuda"
- diversion, recreation
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- play, child's play
- play by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"
- house
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
- doctor
- children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
- fireman
- play in which children take the roles of firemen and pretend to put out a fire
- pastime, interest
- a subject or pursuit 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 interests"
- avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity
- an auxiliary activity
- cup of tea, bag, dish
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"
- fishing
- the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
- catch
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth; "he played catch with his son in the backyard"
- game
- an amusement or pastime; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
- virtual reality
- a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
- cat's cradle
- game played with string looped over the fingers
- leapfrog
- one child bends down and another leaps over
- leapfrog
- advancing as if in the game of leapfrog
- peekaboo, bopeep
- a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say Boo!
- post office
- a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters
- spin the bottle
- a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning
- bust, tear, bender, binge, toot, booze-up
- an occasion for heavy drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
- celebration, festivity
- any festival or other celebration
- merrymaking, conviviality, jollification
- boisterous celebration
- jinks, high jinks, hijinks
- noisy and mischievous merrymaking
- revel, revelry
- unrestrained merrymaking
- escapade, lark
- any carefree episode
- spree, bout, fling
- a brief indulgence of your impulses
- orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- carouse, carousal
- a merry drinking party
- carnival
- a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
- Dionysia, Bacchanalia
- an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
- fun, merriment, playfulness
- activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
- teasing
- playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
- horseplay
- rowdy or boisterous play
- antic, joke, prank, trick, caper
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- word play
- playing on words or speech sounds
- rag
- (British) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
- practical joke
- a prank or trick played on a person especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish
- April fool
- a practical joke or trick played on April Fools' day
- jest, joke, jocularity
- activity characterized by good humor
- leg-pull, leg-pulling
- as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
- drollery, waggery
- a quaint and amusing jest
- pleasantry
- an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries"
- entertainment, amusement
- an activity that entertains
- extravaganza
- any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- Royal National Eisteddfod
- an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts
- eisteddfod
- any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)
- jazz festival
- a festival that features performances by jazz artists
- festival, feast, fiesta, fete
- an organized series of acts and performances
- Kwanzaa, Kwanza
- a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Years
- Saturnalia
- an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
- sheepshearing
- festival at the time of sheepshearing
- victory celebration
- a celebration following a victory in a battle or sports competition
- gala, gala affair, jamboree, blowout
- a gay festivity
- whoopee
- noisy and boisterous revelry
- raree-show
- a street show
- Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday
- the pre-Lenten festival of Shrove Tuesday
- show
- a public entertainment or exhibition; "a remarkable show of skill"
- ice show
- any entertainment performed by ice skaters
- cabaret, floorshow, floor show
- a series of acts at a night club
- interlude, intermezzo, entr'acte
- a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance
- sideshow
- a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
- rodeo
- an exhibition of cowboy skills
- road show
- a show on tour
- beguilement, distraction
- an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
- dancing, dance, terpsichore
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- mime, pantomime, dumb show
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words
- panto
- (British) an abbreviation of pantomime
- performance
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the recital"
- program, programme
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"
- bill
- the entertainment offered at a public presentation
- jugglery
- the performance of a juggler
- set, exercise set
- several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
- conditioner
- exercise that conditions the body; "farmwork can be a good conditioner"
- aerobics, aerobic exercise
- exercise that increases the need for oxygen
- bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, musclebuilding
- exercise that builds muscles through tension
- bench press
- a weightlifting exercise in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward
- weightlifting
- exercise by lifting weights
- incline bench press
- a bench press performed on an inclined bench
- calisthenics, callisthenics, calisthenic exercise, callisthenic exercise
- light exercise designed to promote general fitness
- clean and jerk, clean
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- press, military press
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- snatch
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- weight gaining
- bodybuilding that increases muscle mass and body weight
- jogging
- running at a jog trot as a form of exercise
- isometrics
- muscle-building exercises involving muscular contractions against resistance
- stretch, stretching
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- widegrip pushup
- a pushup with the arms widely separated
- arm exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles
- pushup, press-up
- an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
- chin-up
- an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
- leg extensor
- an exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the leg
- back exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles
- leg exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
- squat, squatting
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
- leg curl, leg curling
- an exercise designed to strength the flexor muscles of the leg
- neck exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles
- stomach exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles
- Swedish massage
- massage combined with a system of active and passive exercises for the muscles and joints
- speleology, spelaeology
- the pastime of exploring caves
- scrimmage
- practice play between a football team's squads
- shadowboxing
- sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training)
- target practice
- practice in shooting at targets
- respite, recess, break, time out
- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- ease, rest, repose, relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
- lie-in
- (British) a long stay in bed in the morning
- vegetation
- inactivity that is passive and monotonous
- quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping
- quiet and inactive restfulness
- leisure
- freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"
- busman's holiday
- a holiday where you do the same things you do at work
- vacationing
- the act of taking a vacation
- caravanning
- the practice of taking holidays in a caravan
- warm-up, tune-up, prolusion
- exercising in preparation for strenuous activity
- tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
- exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- exhaust, beat, tucker, tucker out
- wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"
- overtire, overweary, overfatigue
- tire excessively
- exercise, work out
- do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"
- train
- exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; "She is training for the Olympics"
- tumble
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- roll
- execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
- warm up
- do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles; "The coach warmed up the players before the game"
- tone, tone up, strengthen
- give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
- stretch, stretch out
- extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
- strengthen, beef up, fortify
- make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"
- weightlift, press
- lift weights
- burn off, burn, burn up
- use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
- shadowbox
- go through boxing motions without an opponent
- jog
- run for exercise; "jog along the canal"
- play, recreate
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"
- dabble, paddle, splash around
- play in or as if in water, as of small children
- play
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; typical of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
- recreational
- of or relating to recreation; "a recreational area with a pool and ball fields"
- yogistic, yogic
- of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises"
- philatelic
- of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
- aerophilatelic
- of or relating to airmail stamps