leisure

Other forms of leisure

plural

leisures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leisure

What does leisure mean?

leisure means "time available for ease and relaxation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leisure?

leisure has 2 syllables: leis-ure. The stress falls on "leis". In IPA it is /ˈlɛʒɚ/.

What is another word for leisure?

Close synonyms include leisure time. 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 leisure a common word?

leisure 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.