Meanings
nountime off (uncountable)
- idiomaticuncountablehuman resourcesbusinessA period of time where one is not required to work.
I've got some time off next week, so maybe we could meet up then?
1 more example
Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.
2024 January 10, Jo Kaye, “Greater support for the railway family”, in Railway Magazine, number 1000, page 50
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna time period when you are not required to work
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch vrije dagen
- vrije dagentime without work
French congés, vacances
- congéstime without work
- vacancestime without work
German Auszeit
- Auszeittime without work
Greek άδεια
- άδεια (ádeia)time without work
Irish am saor
- am saortime without work
Italian ferie, pausa
- ferietime without work
- pausatime without work
Polish urlop
- urloptime without work
Portuguese férias, folga
- fériastime without work
- folgatime without work
Romanian vacanță
- vacanțătime without work
Spanish vacaciones
- vacacionestime without work
Swedish ledighet
- ledighettime without work
Welsh amser i ffwrdd, amser bant
- amser i ffwrddtime without work
- amser banttime without work
Cite this entry
APA
time off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20off
MLA
“time off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20off. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time off,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20off.
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