recreational

adjective

rec·re·a·tion·al ˌre-krē-ˈā-shnəl

-shə-nᵊl

Synonyms of recreational next

: of, relating to, or characteristic of recreation

a recreational area

recreational activities

: of or relating to recreational drugs or their use

a recreational drug user

Colorado's burgeoning marijuana industry had struggled under its own astonishing success since legal recreational sales began Jan. 1.—

David Migoya

recreationally adverb

Examples of recreational in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Funding for the program has been gathered from the city’s recreational cannabis sales tax and portions of taxes accrued from the real estate transfer tax. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2024 Photo : Hall and Hall Fly fishing is a popular recreational pursuit. —

Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024 The crackdown on unlicensed pot shops across New York follows the decriminalization of recreational marijuana for adults in 2021, which turned the five boroughs into a boom town for outlaw weed dispensaries. —

Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024 Wartime Hollywood followed orders in countless films showing guys cheerfully giving up recreational driving to conserve gasoline, gals making do without nylons, and kids collecting scrap metal. —

Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for recreational

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