Antonyms for entertainment include several words that convey the opposite meaning of amusement or pleasure. Some of the top antonyms for entertainment include boredom, sorrow, displeasure, dullness, and depression. For example, instead of entertainment, we can use the word boredom to describe something that is tedious or uninteresting. Similarly, sorrow can be used to describe an emotion opposite to the enjoyment that entertainment provides. At the same time, displeasure, dullness, and depression are also antonyms of entertainment, signifying a feeling of dissatisfaction, monotony, or despair. Therefore, knowing these antonyms can help to distinguish between different types of experiences and emotions associated with the opposite of entertainment.

What are the antonyms for Entertainment?

• n.

  • ability, talent to do something
  • skill
  .
  • alimony
  • Remittances
  ,
  • pro vision
  ,
  • pro visions
  ,
  • pro-vision
  ,
  • pro-visions
  ,
  • remittance
  ,
  • up keeps
  ,
  • up-keep
  ,
  • up-keeps
  .
  • amusement, pleasure
  • chore
  ,
  • depression
  ,
  • dissatisfaction
  ,
  • drudgery
  ,
  • gloom
  ,
  • labor
  ,
  • melancholy
  ,
  • misery
  ,
  • need
  ,
  • pain
  ,
  • profession
  ,
  • sadness
  ,
  • seriousness
  ,
  • sorrow
  ,
  • task
  ,
  • unhappiness
  ,
  • vocation
  ,
  • want
  ,
  • work
  .
  • area of interest, expertise
  • department
  .
  • area of rule, responsibility
  • province
  .
  • art
  • craftsmanship
  ,
  • craftsmanships
  ,
  • knowhow
  ,
  • virtuosities
  ,
  • virtuosity
  .
  • artwork, skill
  • handicraft
  .
  • aspiration
  • de sire
  ,
  • de sires
  ,
  • de-sire
  ,
  • de-sires
  ,
  • fire in belly
  ,
  • fire in the belly
  ,
  • fire the belly
  .
  • association, fellowship
  • guild
  .
  • attempt to achieve something
  • endeavor
  .
  • background, experience
  • record
  .
  • body's perspiring
  • sweat
  .
  • business
  • biz
  ,
  • bizzes
  ,
  • what is in to
  ,
  • what is inti
  ,
  • what is into
  ,
  • what one is in to
  ,
  • what one is inti
  ,
  • what one is into
  .
  • business, responsibility
  • concern
  .
  • business; clientele of business
  • practice
  .
  • buying and selling
  • trade
  .
  • calling
  • day gig
  ,
  • day gigs
  ,
  • do's
  ,
  • dos
  ,
  • life work
  ,
  • life works
  ,
  • life's work
  ,
  • life's works
  ,
  • lifes work
  ,
  • lifes works
  ,
  • nine to five
  ,
  • nine to fives
  ,
  • nine-to-five
  ,
  • nine-to-fives
  ,
  • pursuits
  ,
  • swindle
  .
  • capacity, job
  • function
  .
  • career
  • jobs
  ,
  • pilgrimage
  .
  • chosen profession
  • calling
  .
  • concern
  • megacorp
  ,
  • multi national
  ,
  • multi nationals
  ,
  • multi-national
  ,
  • multi-nationals
  ,
  • multinationals
  ,
  • out fit
  ,
  • out fits
  ,
  • out-fit
  ,
  • out-fits
  ,
  • shooting match
  ,
  • shooting matches
  .
  • craft
  • Canniness
  ,
  • Disingenuity
  ,
  • air ship
  ,
  • air ships
  ,
  • cageyness
  ,
  • cageynesses
  ,
  • canninesses
  ,
  • cunnings
  ,
  • dis ingenuities
  ,
  • dis ingenuity
  ,
  • dis-ingenuities
  ,
  • dis-ingenuity
  ,
  • disingenuities
  ,
  • ex pertness
  ,
  • ex pertnesses
  ,
  • ex-pertness
  ,
  • ex-pertnesses
  ,
  • watercrafts
  ,
  • wiliness
  ,
  • wilinesses
  ,
  • zeppelin
  ,
  • zeppelins
  .
  • discipline
  • walk
  .
  • distinctive feature; concentration
  • specialty
  .
  • drudgery
  • backbreaker
  ,
  • backbreakers
  ,
  • gruntwork
  ,
  • menial labor
  ,
  • menial labors
  .
  • dullness, monotony
  • tedium
  .
  • duty
  • committal
  ,
  • committals
  ,
  • devoir
  ,
  • devoirs
  ,
  • minding store
  ,
  • minding the store
  ,
  • ought
  ,
  • oughts
  ,
  • taking care of business
  .
  • effort
  • pro ducts
  ,
  • pro-duct
  ,
  • re solutions
  ,
  • re-solution
  ,
  • re-solutions
  .
  • employment
  • carryings
  ,
  • commissionings
  ,
  • contractings
  ,
  • engagement activity application
  ,
  • engagement in activity application
  ,
  • exercisings
  ,
  • job
  ,
  • occupyings
  ,
  • recruitment
  ,
  • recruitments
  ,
  • servicing
  ,
  • servicings
  ,
  • signing on
  ,
  • signing ons
  .
  • endeavor
  • crash project
  ,
  • crash projects
  ,
  • full blasts
  ,
  • full court press
  ,
  • full court presses
  ,
  • full steam
  ,
  • full steams
  ,
  • one all
  ,
  • one alls
  ,
  • one level best
  ,
  • one level bests
  ,
  • one's all
  ,
  • one's alls
  ,
  • one's level best
  ,
  • one's level bests
  ,
  • ones all
  ,
  • ones alls
  ,
  • try-on
  ,
  • try-ons
  ,
  • tryon
  .
  • enterprise
  • big idea
  ,
  • big ideas
  ,
  • biggie
  ,
  • biggies
  ,
  • follow throughs
  ,
  • pet project
  ,
  • pet projects
  ,
  • pro position
  ,
  • pro positions
  ,
  • pro-positions
  .
  • exercise
  • calisthenics
  ,
  • calisthenicses
  ,
  • dis charge
  ,
  • dis charges
  ,
  • dis-charge
  ,
  • dis-charges
  ,
  • drillings
  ,
  • ex amination
  ,
  • ex aminations
  ,
  • ex-aminations
  ,
  • gym
  ,
  • gyms
  ,
  • re citation
  ,
  • re citations
  ,
  • re-citation
  ,
  • re-citations
  ,
  • schoolwork
  ,
  • schoolworks
  ,
  • warm up
  ,
  • warm ups
  ,
  • warm-up
  ,
  • warm-ups
  ,
  • warmup
  ,
  • warmups
  .
  • exertion
  • hard pull
  ,
  • hard pulls
  ,
  • long pull
  ,
  • long pulls
  .
  • expertise
  • Ableness
  ,
  • ablenesses
  ,
  • masterlinesses
  .
  • expertise, skill
  • craft
  .
  • fabrication
  • Artifacts
  ,
  • artifact
  ,
  • fairy story
  ,
  • jive
  ,
  • jives
  ,
  • song dance
  ,
  • un truth
  ,
  • un truths
  ,
  • un-truth
  ,
  • un-truths
  .
  • field
  • Specialities
  ,
  • champaign
  ,
  • champaigns
  ,
  • cup tea
  ,
  • de mesne
  ,
  • de-mesne
  ,
  • demesne
  ,
  • demesnes
  ,
  • speciality
  .
  • food, money, possessions for staying alive
  • support
  .
  • fraud
  • Barratry
  ,
  • Double dealing
  ,
  • Hocuspocus
  ,
  • bamboozlement
  ,
  • bamboozlements
  ,
  • barratries
  ,
  • chicane
  ,
  • chicanes
  ,
  • doubledealing
  ,
  • duperies
  ,
  • dupery
  ,
  • dupings
  ,
  • fast one
  ,
  • fast ones
  ,
  • fast shuffles
  ,
  • fourberie
  ,
  • fourberies
  ,
  • fraudulence
  ,
  • fraudulences
  ,
  • hocus pocus
  ,
  • hoodwinkings
  ,
  • mis representation
  ,
  • mis representations
  ,
  • mis-representation
  ,
  • sharp practice
  ,
  • sharp practices
  ,
  • swindlings
  .
  • game
  • dis traction
  ,
  • dis tractions
  ,
  • dis-traction
  ,
  • dis-tractions
  ,
  • re creation
  ,
  • re creations
  ,
  • re-creation
  ,
  • re-creations
  .
  • goal, hope
  • aspiration
  .
  • grind
  • grubwork
  ,
  • grubworks
  ,
  • treadmill
  .
  • group bound by interest/work/ goal
  • organization
  .
  • handicraft
  • artisanship
  ,
  • artisanships
  ,
  • craftship
  ,
  • craftships
  ,
  • de sign
  ,
  • de signs
  ,
  • de-sign
  ,
  • de-signs
  .
  • hard try; fight to win
  • struggle
  .
  • hard work
  • exertion
  ,
  • toil
  .
  • hardship
  • dis comfort
  ,
  • dis comforts
  ,
  • dis tress
  ,
  • dis tresses
  ,
  • dis-comfort
  ,
  • dis-comforts
  ,
  • dis-tress
  ,
  • dis-tresses
  ,
  • herculean tasks
  ,
  • in juries
  ,
  • in jury
  ,
  • in-jury
  ,
  • mis chance
  ,
  • mis chances
  ,
  • mis fortune
  ,
  • mis fortunes
  ,
  • mis-fortunes
  ,
  • rotten luck
  ,
  • rotten lucks
  ,
  • tough break
  ,
  • tough breaks
  ,
  • tough luck
  ,
  • uphill battle
  ,
  • uphill battles
  .
  • hobby
  • Divertissement
  ,
  • Leisure Activities
  ,
  • Leisure Activity
  ,
  • divertissements
  ,
  • favorite occupation
  ,
  • favorite occupations
  ,
  • leisure pursuit
  ,
  • leisure pursuits
  ,
  • pet topic
  ,
  • pet topics
  ,
  • re laxation
  ,
  • re laxations
  ,
  • re-laxation
  ,
  • re-laxations
  ,
  • schtick
  ,
  • schticks
  .
  • job
  • Taskwork
  ,
  • taskworks
  .
  • job, employment
  • place
  .
  • job, profession
  • business
  .
  • knowledge
  • expertise
  .
  • labor
  • birth pang
  ,
  • birth pangs
  ,
  • blue collar
  ,
  • blue collars
  ,
  • de liveries
  ,
  • de livery
  ,
  • de-liveries
  ,
  • de-livery
  ,
  • giving births
  ,
  • gruntworks
  ,
  • operatives
  ,
  • prentice
  ,
  • prentices
  ,
  • rank file
  ,
  • working people
  ,
  • working peoples
  .
  • lie
  • fabrication
  .
  • lifestyle; source of income
  • living
  .
  • line
  • borderlines
  ,
  • course action
  ,
  • course of action
  ,
  • de lineation
  ,
  • de lineations
  ,
  • de scent
  ,
  • de scents
  ,
  • de-lineation
  ,
  • de-lineations
  ,
  • de-scent
  ,
  • de-scents
  ,
  • forte
  ,
  • in formation
  ,
  • in formations
  ,
  • in-formation
  ,
  • in-formations
  ,
  • lineament
  ,
  • lineaments
  ,
  • lineation
  ,
  • out line
  ,
  • out lines
  ,
  • out-line
  ,
  • out-lines
  ,
  • post card
  ,
  • post cards
  ,
  • post-card
  ,
  • post-cards
  ,
  • postcard
  ,
  • postcards
  ,
  • prepared speech
  ,
  • prepared speeches
  ,
  • pro duce
  ,
  • pro duces
  ,
  • pro file
  ,
  • pro files
  ,
  • pro-duces
  ,
  • pro-file
  ,
  • pro-files
  ,
  • specialization
  ,
  • specializations
  ,
  • tracings
  ,
  • under line
  ,
  • under lines
  ,
  • under-line
  ,
  • under-lines
  ,
  • vendible
  ,
  • vendibles
  .
  • livelihood
  • bread butter
  ,
  • in come
  ,
  • in comes
  ,
  • in-come
  ,
  • in-comes
  ,
  • income
  ,
  • re source
  ,
  • re sources
  ,
  • re-source
  ,
  • re-sources
  ,
  • source income
  ,
  • source of income
  .
  • living
  • sustainment
  ,
  • sustainments
  ,
  • sustentation
  ,
  • sustentations
  .
  • maintenance
  • Retainment
  ,
  • re pair
  ,
  • re pairs
  ,
  • re-pair
  ,
  • re-pairs
  ,
  • retainments
  ,
  • sustainings
  ,
  • sustentions
  .
  • mark, stroke; border
  • line
  .
  • matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
  • affair
  .
  • money paid in support of a former spouse
  • alimony
  .
  • niche
  • By-place
  ,
  • by place
  ,
  • by places
  ,
  • by-places
  ,
  • byplace
  ,
  • byplaces
  ,
  • in dentation
  ,
  • in dentations
  ,
  • in-dentation
  ,
  • in-dentations
  ,
  • re cesses
  ,
  • re-cess
  .
  • noun
  • bore
  ,
  • bummer
  ,
  • downer
  ,
  • drag
  ,
  • ennui
  ,
  • fatigue
  ,
  • killjoy
  ,
  • lassitude
  ,
  • weariness
  .
  • occupation
  • chosen work
  ,
  • chosen works
  ,
  • enterings
  ,
  • foreign rule
  ,
  • foreign rules
  ,
  • grindstone
  ,
  • grindstones
  ,
  • in habitancy
  ,
  • in habitation
  ,
  • in habitations
  ,
  • in-habitancies
  ,
  • in-habitancy
  ,
  • in-habitation
  ,
  • in-habitations
  ,
  • inhabitancy
  ,
  • inhabitation
  ,
  • inhabitations
  ,
  • line work
  ,
  • livelihood
  ,
  • subjugation
  ,
  • subjugations
  .
  • organization
  • co operative
  ,
  • co operatives
  ,
  • co-operative
  ,
  • co-operatives
  ,
  • consortia
  ,
  • consortium
  ,
  • cooperatives
  .
  • period of responsibility
  • stint
  .
  • perpetuation, support; sustenance
  • maintenance
  .
  • person or group's interest, concern
  • part
  .
  • person's calling
  • lifework
  .
  • person's task, responsibility
  • mission
  .
  • personal burden
  • hardship
  .
  • place all one's own
  • niche
  .
  • position of responsibility
  • berth
  .
  • profession
  • pre tense
  ,
  • pre tenses
  ,
  • pre-tense
  .
  • profession, business
  • occupation
  .
  • province
  • co unties
  ,
  • co-unties
  ,
  • de pendencies
  ,
  • de pendency
  ,
  • de-pendencies
  ,
  • de-pendency
  ,
  • pro vince
  ,
  • pro vinces
  ,
  • pro-vince
  ,
  • pro-vinces
  ,
  • shire
  .
  • record
  • curricula vitae
  ,
  • curriculum vitae
  ,
  • past behaviors
  ,
  • re cord
  ,
  • re cords
  ,
  • re-cord
  ,
  • re-cords
  ,
  • way life
  ,
  • way of life
  .
  • responsibility in business or other enterprise
  • position
  .
  • responsibility, assignment
  • duty
  .
  • skill
  • expertism
  ,
  • expertisms
  ,
  • one thing
  ,
  • one things
  ,
  • ones thing
  ,
  • skillfulness
  ,
  • skillfulnesses
  ,
  • what it take
  ,
  • what it takes
  ,
  • what take
  ,
  • what takes
  .
  • skill, creativity
  • art
  .
  • slavery
  • bullwork
  ,
  • bullworks
  ,
  • chains constraint
  ,
  • chains constraints
  ,
  • feudalism
  ,
  • feudalisms
  ,
  • helotries
  ,
  • in denture
  ,
  • in dentures
  ,
  • in-denture
  ,
  • in-dentures
  ,
  • peonage
  ,
  • peonages
  ,
  • serfhood
  ,
  • serfhoods
  ,
  • servility
  ,
  • subjection
  ,
  • vassalage
  ,
  • vassalages
  ,
  • villeinage
  .
  • something requiring great effort
  • trouble
  .
  • specialty
  • claim fame
  ,
  • claim to fame
  ,
  • distinguishing feature
  ,
  • distinguishing features
  ,
  • field concentration
  ,
  • field of concentration
  ,
  • majors
  ,
  • object attention
  ,
  • object of study
  ,
  • special project
  ,
  • specials
  .
  • sphere of influence, activity, interest, study
  • field
  .
  • state of working under duress or without freedom
  • slavery
  .
  • struggle
  • free for all
  ,
  • set to
  ,
  • set tos
  ,
  • set-to
  ,
  • set-tos
  ,
  • setto
  ,
  • settos
  .
  • support
  • re lief
  ,
  • re-lief
  .
  • sweat
  • diaphoresis
  ,
  • diaphoresises
  ,
  • exudation
  ,
  • exudations
  ,
  • sudor
  ,
  • sudors
  ,
  • transudations
  .
  • task
  • deadweight
  ,
  • deadweights
  ,
  • fun and games
  ,
  • fun and gameses
  ,
  • fun games
  ,
  • fun gameses
  ,
  • head ache
  ,
  • long row hoe
  ,
  • long row to hoe
  .
  • tedium
  • deadness
  ,
  • deadnesses
  ,
  • irksomeness
  ,
  • irksomenesses
  ,
  • lack interest
  ,
  • lack of interest
  ,
  • tiresomeness
  ,
  • tiresomenesses
  ,
  • wearisomeness
  ,
  • wearisomenesses
  .
  • trade
  • Merchantry
  ,
  • ex change
  ,
  • ex changes
  ,
  • inter change
  ,
  • inter changes
  ,
  • inter-change
  ,
  • inter-changes
  ,
  • merchantries
  .
  • trouble
  • in conveniences
  ,
  • in-convenience
  ,
  • in-conveniences
  .
  • try, attempt
  • essay
  .
  • vocation
  • line business
  ,
  • line of business
  .
  • work
  • out puts
  ,
  • out-put
  ,
  • out-puts
  ,
  • salt mine
  ,
  • salt mines
  ,
  • sloggings
  .
  • work, effort
  • exercise
  .
  • work, exertion
  • effort
  .
  • working for a living;
  • employment
  .

• n. pl.

  • noun
  • doldrums
  .

• Other relevant words:

• career
,
• hobby
,
• pursuit
.

Usage examples for Entertainment

Famous quotes with Entertainment

• In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

  George Ade
• You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.

  Ben Affleck
• From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

  David Antin
• My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

  David Antin
• The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

  David Antin

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