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SPARE-TIME ACTIVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spare-time activity mean?
• SPARE-TIME ACTIVITY (noun)
The noun SPARE-TIME ACTIVITY has 1 sense:
1. an auxiliary activity
Familiarity information: SPARE-TIME ACTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An auxiliary activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
avocation; by-line; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-time activity
Hypernyms ("spare-time activity" is a kind of...):
interest; pastime; pursuit (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spare-time activity"):
spelaeology; speleology (the pastime of exploring caves)
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