field day

Questions about field day

What does field day mean?

field day means "(military) a day for military exercises and display". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for field day?

Close synonyms include outing, picnic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is field day a common word?

field day is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.