RECREATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recreational mean? 

• RECREATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective RECREATIONAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to recreation

2. engaged in as a pastime

  Familiarity information: RECREATIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECREATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to recreation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a recreational area with a pool and ball fields

Pertainym:

recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

Derivation:

recreation (activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation)

recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Engaged in as a pastime

Synonyms:

amateur; recreational; unpaid

Context example:

unpaid extras in the documentary

Similar:

nonprofessional (not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain)

 Context examples 

A person who injects recreational drugs.

(Intravenous Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual is or was limited in doing leisure or recreational activities because of their neck or shoulder.

(Limited in Ability to do Leisure or Recreational Activities Because of Neck or Shoulder, NCI Thesaurus)

A person who takes recreational drugs.

(Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication of the presence or absence of recreational drugs or drugs of abuse in a biological specimen.

(Drug Test, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An area of interest or recreational activity that someone pursues outside their occupational duties.

(Hobby, NCI Thesaurus)

While in Mexico they are still used more for medicinal purposes, in Spain we are finding that they are being consumed for supposedly recreational purposes.

(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)

Daytime supervision, which may include recreational or medical facilities, for children, seniors, or people needing special assistance.

(Daycare, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes prescription medication, illicit drugs and recreational substances.

(Drug Use History, NCI Thesaurus)

Such sites are also attractive to fishing and recreational boating, and collisions can injure sharks.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)

Noncommercial fishing, such as recreational fishing and the removal of fish and other resources for Native Hawaiian cultural practices, is allowed in the expansion area by permit, as is scientific research.

(National monument in Hawaii becomes world's largest marine protected area, NOAA)