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🏖️ A holiday place 😎 A relaxed mood
vacationland

vacationland

5.0
A place or situation that feels relaxed and like a holiday
  • noun
  • /vəˈkeɪʃənˌlænd/
  • US
translation icon : paraíso vacacional
  • The backyard pool and garden turned their home into a personal vacationland during the summer.

Examples

  • The beach resort felt like a true vacationland, with its palm trees and gentle ocean breeze.

  • After retiring, they moved to a small coastal town that felt like vacationland every day.

  • She described the peaceful mountain village as a true vacationland for anyone seeking relaxation.

  • This beach is a true vacationland!

  • After a long week, my backyard feels like vacationland.

  • After months of work, his backyard was transformed into a vacationland filled with hammocks and colorful flowers.

  • That charming little cabin in the mountains was our personal vacationland for the summer.

Synonyms

home away from home
vsvacationland
16 2.9

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

is more about temporary holiday enjoyment and escape than long familiar comfort
meadowland
vsvacationland
4.0

A calm, happy time or place without worry

is more about lively, enjoyable holiday feeling than quiet calm

How Relaxing

paradise
192 4.0
happy place
  • Informal
15 3.9
vacationland
  • US
5.0
retreat
69 4.2
relaxing
47 1.0

Surface Forms

vacationland singular
vacationlands plural

Morphology

vacationland = vacation + land (transparent) = vacation + land

Though used figuratively, the sense is a direct metaphorical extension of 'vacation' + 'land' meaning a place or situation resembling a vacation.

Etymology

Vacationland is made from the words vacation ('a holiday or time away') and land ('place'), and a helpful way to remember the figurative use is to think of a home or town that 'feels' like a holiday — relaxed, enjoyable, and easy to enjoy.