VACATIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacationist mean? 

• VACATIONIST (noun)
  The noun VACATIONIST has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VACATIONIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACATIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

vacationer; vacationist

Hypernyms ("vacationist" is a kind of...):

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacationist"):

camper (someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation)

sport; summercater ((Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine)

summercaters ((Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine)

weekender (someone who vacations on a weekend)

Derivation:

vacation (leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure)

vacation (spend or take a vacation)