idyll

The word “idyll” has 2 syllables: i-dyll

It's pronounced as /ˈaɪdəl/


What is synonym and antonym for idyll?

In the thesaurus, “idyll” has 82 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for idyll along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for idyll

  • amusement
  • antic
  • ballad
  • bender
  • binge
  • brannigan
  • breathing space
  • bum
  • bust
  • caper
  • carouse
  • charm
  • color
  • delay
  • diversion
  • enjoyment
  • entertainment
  • episode
  • escapade
  • excitement
  • exoticness
  • fairy tale
  • fancy
  • fantasy
  • fascination
  • festivity
  • fiction
  • field day
  • fling
  • frisk
  • frolic
  • gambol
  • glamour
  • halt
  • hazard
  • hiatus
  • idealization
  • indulgence
  • interim
  • intermission
  • interregnum
  • interruption
  • interval
  • lark
  • legend
  • love story
  • lull
  • lyric
  • meantime
  • meanwhile
  • melodrama
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • mystery
  • nostalgia
  • novel
  • parenthesis
  • pleasure
  • ploy
  • prank
  • recess
  • recreation
  • respite
  • rest
  • revel
  • risk
  • rollick
  • romp
  • self-indulgence
  • sentiment
  • souse
  • spell
  • splore
  • spree
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • story
  • tale
  • tear-jerker
  • toot
  • venture
  • wait

Antonyms for idyll

  • beginning
  • boredom
  • certainty
  • continuation
  • dullness
  • fact
  • go
  • nonfiction
  • reality
  • safety
  • start
  • surety
  • truth

Meanings of idyll

  • noun
    1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
    2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
    3. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Example Sentences

  • The picturesque countryside served as the backdrop for their romantic idyll.
  • The poet sought solace in nature, finding inspiration for his next idyll.
  • Their weekend getaway to the mountains was a brief but blissful idyll.
  • The small village nestled in the valley was the epitome of a tranquil idyll.
  • In literature, the pastoral idyll often symbolizes an idealized vision of rural life.

On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to idyll, such as: amusement, antic, ballad, beginning, bender, binge, boredom.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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larks

  • amusements
  • antic
  • antics
  • benders
  • binges
  • bounds
  • brannigans
  • bums
  • busts
  • caper
  • capers
  • carouses
  • carries on
  • cavorts
  • clowns
  • curvets
  • cuts capers
  • cuts up
  • dances
  • disports
  • diversions
  • enjoyments
  • entertainments
  • escapade
  • escapades
  • festivities
  • field days
  • flings
  • fools around
  • frisks
  • frolic
  • frolics
  • fun
  • gambols
  • hops
  • horseplay
  • horses around
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • indulgences
  • joyrides
  • kites
  • leaps
  • lopes
  • merriments
  • merrymakings
  • mischief
  • monkey business
  • monkeyshines
  • pleasures
  • ploys
  • practical joke
  • prances
  • prank
  • pranks
  • recreations
  • revels
  • roisters
  • rollicks
  • romps
  • roughhouses
  • self-indulgences
  • shenanigans
  • skips
  • skylarks
  • souses
  • splores
  • sports
  • sprees
  • springs
  • stunt
  • tomfoolery
  • toots
  • trips
  • tumbles

calf-love

  • affair
  • amour
  • attachment
  • crush
  • dalliance
  • dawn of love
  • entanglement
  • first love
  • fling
  • flirtation
  • hanky-panky
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • infatuation
  • intrigue
  • liaison
  • love
  • love affair
  • passion
  • puppy love
  • romance
  • young love

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