adj
Meaning 1
For, or relating to, recreation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recreational
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to recreation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a recreational area with a pool and ball fields
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
engaged in as a pastime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an amateur painter
- gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals
- recreational golfers
- reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating
- unpaid extras in the documentary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amateur, unpaid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From recreation + -al.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: забавен (zabaven) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Bulgarian: развлекателен (razvlekatelen) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Catalan: recreatiu — for, or relating to, recreation
- Czech: rekreační — for, or relating to, recreation
- Finnish: ajanvietteellinen — for, or relating to, recreation
- Finnish: huvi- — for, or relating to, recreation
- Finnish: viihde- — for, or relating to, recreation
- Finnish: virkistys- — for, or relating to, recreation
- French: récréationnel — for, or relating to, recreation
- Galician: recreativo — for, or relating to, recreation
- Georgian: სარეკრეაციო (sareḳreacio) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Greek: ψυχαγωγικός (psychagogikós) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Greek: αναψυχής (anapsychís) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Hebrew: נופש — for, or relating to, recreation
- Hungarian: szabadidős — for, or relating to, recreation
- Italian: ludico — for, or relating to, recreation
- Kazakh: рекреациялық (rekreasiälyq) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Romanian: recreațional — for, or relating to, recreation
- Russian: развлека́тельный (razvlekátelʹnyj) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Russian: рекреационный (rekreacionnyj) — for, or relating to, recreation
- Spanish: recreativo — for, or relating to, recreation
- Spanish: lúdico — for, or relating to, recreation
- Spanish: recreacional — for, or relating to, recreation
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