vacationist

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noun

Someone who is on vacation.

Similar
vacationer
OriginEnglish vacation ← Middle English vacation →
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Meanings

nounvacationist (plural vacationists)

plural vacationists

  1. Someone who is on vacation.

    Anyone was welcome to ride. And as the train rolled along the backwoods section it picked up countless non-paying passengers from among vacationists and boys from camps.

    1940 November, “Notes and News: Railway Operation Ad Lib”, in Railway Magazine, page 611

    Synonyms: vacationer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who is on vacation.

Similar
vacationer

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

Similar
vacationer
Broader
nonworker
Also see
vacationer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishvacation
  2. Englishvacation
  3. Englishvacationist

From vacation + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

vacationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacationist

MLA

“vacationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacationist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vacationist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacationist.

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