PLAY Synonyms

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

• the literary genre of works intended for the theater

• the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

• an artifact designed to be played with

• a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)

• a device regarded as providing amusement

• a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

• any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• waste time

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• consider not very seriously

• deprive of by deceit

• hear with intention

• listen and pay attention

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• the act of deciding to do something

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

• change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

• follow a procedure or take a course

• be in a state of action

• go or proceed from one point to another

• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• give an incentive for action

• arouse sympathy or compassion in

• dispose of by selling

• progress by being changed

• live one's life in a specified environment

• have a turn; make one's move in a game

• propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the visual percept of a region

• the act of looking or seeing or observing

• the range of the eye

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

• purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'

• graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

• the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

• outward appearance

• deem to be

• look at carefully; study mentally

• see or watch

• have sexual intercourse with

• have sexual intercourse with

• detect with the senses

• make out and issue

• distinguish by sight or hearing

• proceed or get along

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• have sexual intercourse with

• kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

• write all the required information onto a form

• imply or suggest

• try to establish

• the money risked on a gamble

• the act of gambling

• maintain with or as if with a bet

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• have faith or confidence in

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• an attempt to get something

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

• propose a payment

• invoke upon

• ask for or request earnestly

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• make a serious effort to attain something

• ask someone in a friendly way to do something

• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

• cause to come into a particular state or condition

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• go or come after and bring or take back

• bring into a different state

• be accompanied by

• advance or set forth in court

• bestow a quality on

• be sold for a certain price

• attract the attention of

• induce or persuade

• any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

• pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• a playful leap or hop

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• jump about playfully

• a minor short-term fight

• a casual or unexpected convergence

• a casual meeting with a person or thing

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• come together

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• be beset by

• experience as a reaction

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• commit fraud and steal from one's employer

• play the violin or fiddle

• play on a violin

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

• try to fix or mend

• a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• play boisterously

• activities that are enjoyable or amusing

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• violent and excited activity

• a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement