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hobby
noun as in pleasurable pastime
Strong matches
bag, craze, distraction, fancy, game, interest, kick, occupation, play, quest, relaxation, schtick, shot, sideline, thing, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy
Weak matches
divertissement, favorite occupation, labor of love, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, pet topic
Example Sentences
Musk argued that AI-powered robots, including Tesla’s Optimus prototype, will eventually handle “all the work that needs to be done,” leaving humans to focus only on hobbies or creative pursuits.
Whether developing habits, finding new hobbies or digging out from a bottomless pit of emails, change is hard—and requires a mindset shift as well as persistence.
"For some people, budget shopping is a hobby," Shuttleworth says, "but for others it's an absolute necessity."
He told me to take up hobbies to distract myself, as he had done—hunting, oil painting, and so on.
Even if he did “need a hobby,” it wouldn’t be this.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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