leisure activity
Pastime or diversion
A leisure activity is something done for enjoyment during free time rather than for work or obligation.
The term appears in formal contexts—surveys, health research, urban planning—where hobbies or pastimes might sound too casual: Respondents were asked to list their preferred leisure activities.
Reading, sports, gardening, and gaming all qualify.
- dancingRhythmic bodily motion
- team sportsCompetitions played collectively
- chessStrategic board game
- runningSwift foot travel
- board gamesStructured tabletop play
jigsaw puzzles · game night · reading · book club · birdwatching · bird watching · stargazing · people watching · swimming · volunteering · painting · writing · martial arts · book clubs · cycling · language learning · movie night · dinner parties
leisure activitywork
Effort toward a goal
labor · employment · job · occupation · toil
leisure activityhard labor
Strenuous punitive work
backbreaking work · toil · drudgery · exertion · slog