a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

any day of exemption from work ( distinguished from working day ).

a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.

New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.

a religious feast day; holy day, esp. any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.

Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British . a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.

an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.

of or pertaining to a festival; festive; joyous

a holiday mood.

suitable for a holiday

holiday attire.

Chiefly British . to vacation

to holiday at the seaside.

noun

anniversary , break , celebration , day of rest , feast , festival , festivity , fete , few days off , fiesta , gala , gone fishing , holy day , jubilee , layoff , leave , liberty , long weekend , recess , red-letter day * , saint’s day , vacation , furlough , fte_ , festive , merry , outing , _fiesta (sp.)