More generally: a thing affording pleasure or amusement; a diversion or entertainment. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

That which gives comfort or consolation, †brings pleasure or enjoyment, etc.

The action or fact of refreshing or entertaining oneself through a pleasurable or interesting pastime, amusement, activity, etc. (esp. habitually)…

Amusement, diversion; an amusement. Cf. abatement, n.2 3.

As a mass noun: recreation, amusement, entertainment (U.S. in later use). Also: †occupation, employment (obsolete).

Recreation; = pastime, n. 1.

= pastime, n. 1.

As a count noun: an enjoyable or interesting activity: a source of amusement or enjoyment. Also (in later use chiefly) as a mass noun: that which…

Something that provides mental relaxation; entertainment, sport. Obsolete. rare.

‘Something that pleases or entertains’ (Johnson).

With of, †to. An object of amusement, mockery, ridicule, etc.; a plaything, a laughing stock; the butt of a joke.

A means of passing or whiling away time; a pastime, an entertainment. Obsolete. rare.

A performance, event, or activity which provides entertainment or amusement; = entertainment, n. 10a.

A recreative thing or activity; a form of recreation. Obsolete. rare.

Something which diverts a person's attention; a distraction.

In plural. slang. A source of pleasure or delight (to or for a person); for nuts: for amusement, for fun. Now rare (U.S. in later use).

gen. One who or that which diverts: see the verb.

A person who or thing which refreshes, reinvigorates, or enlivens someone. Now rare.

A pastime.

A person who or thing which amuses others; an entertainer.

Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment.

Distraction of the mental faculties or energies from concentration on serious subjects: at first often with colourless sense, as the scattering…

A means of relaxation or amusement; a leisure occupation. Now rare.

Something that distracts (or diverts) the mind or attention. Applied attributively to behaviour of birds that is intended to distract the attention.

concrete. Something that enlivens.

Of writings, entertainment, etc.: free from obscenity or indelicate treatment of sexual matters; so good, clean fun: enjoyment or entertainment…

The action of enlivening; the state or fact of being enlivened; concrete something that enlivens.

something which (or sometimes someone who) offers a short respite from an intense, serious, or onerous activity, situation, etc.; an amusing or…

Something entertaining, diverting, or enjoyable; a good time, a lark. Also: (in plural) fun, amusement. Cf. to do something for laughs (also a laugh)…

With preceding possessive adjective: a person's particular sphere of interest or enjoyment; the context, environment, or milieu within which a…

An occasional pastime, an activity other than that for which one is well-known or at which one excels.