Synonyms for Play:

n.
- accompany
- arrange
- articulation
- atmospherics
- back
- bang out
- baton
- beat out
- blast away
- bench
- call up
- captain
- captaincy
- commissioner
- control
- draft
- draft in
- straight
- activate
- actuate
- coax
- crank
- eject
- energize
- engage
- flash
- flick
- musical
- theatrical
- court
- try
- try for
- adaptation
- allegory
- anecdote
- black comedy
- classic
- cock-and-bull story
- comedy
- detective
- epic
- amuse
- conjure
- debut
- emcee
- entertain
- extemporize
- devilment
- fling
- gaieties
- giggle
- performing arts
- strike at
- substitute
- imitate
- ball
- corner
- delivery
- dive
• act
- play
• action
- activity
- movement
• amusement
- Jolliness
- celebration
- distraction
- fun
- hilarity
- humor
- jocularity
- levity
- merriment
- pleasure
- refreshment
- stimulation
- tonic
• amusement, entertainment
- dalliance
- delight
- foolery
- lark
- match
- teasing
• application
- functions
- practice
- values
• banter
- dissing
- gossip
- mockery
- repartee
• bantering
- raillery
• bet
- down ons
- odds ons
- random shots
- shot dark
- shot in dark
- shot the dark
- un certainties
- un certainty
- un-certainties
- un-certainty
• bid
- bid
• calling
- day gigs
- do's
- life works
- life's works
- lifes work
- lifes works
- nine to five
- nine to fives
- nine-to-fives
- pro vince
- pro vinces
- pro-vince
- pro-vinces
- walk life
• child's play
- child's play
• composition
- Concertos
- Melodies
- Rhapsodies
- cantata
- cantatas
- concerto
- literary work
- literary works
- music
- rhapsody
- romance
- short stories
- short story
- song
- symphony
- thesis
- verse
• design
- co nation
- co nations
- co-nation
- co-nations
- conations
- de liberation
- de liberations
- de sign
- de signs
- de-liberation
- de-liberations
- de-sign
- de-signs
- lay land
- lay of land
- lay the land
- pro position
- pro positions
- pro-positions
- re flection
- re flections
- re-flection
- re-flections
- what cooking
- what cookings
- what's cookings
- whats cooking
- whats cookings
• diddle
- diddle
• diversion
- re laxation
- re laxations
- re-laxation
- re-laxations
• drama
- Theatricals
- broadways
- dramatic art
- dramatic arts
- dramaturgy
- footlight
- footlights
- histrionic art
- melodrama
- melodramas
- showmanship
- stage show
- stagecraft
- tear-jerker
- tearjerker
- thespian art
• employment
- dis position
- dis positions
- dis-position
- dis-positions
• encounter
- encounter
• entertainment
- blow outs
- clambakes
- lots laugh
- lots laughs
- lots of laugh
- merrymakings
- re lief
- re-lief
- sur prise
- sur prises
- sur-prise
- sur-prises
• extent
- extent
- period of time
- spaciousness
- wideness
• farce
- broad comedies
- high camps
- inter lude
- inter ludes
- inter-lude
- inter-ludes
- low camps
- pratfall comedies
- slapsticks
• feint
- hoodwinkings
- makebelieve
- mock attacks
- pre tensions
- pre text
- pre texts
- pre-tensions
- pre-text
- pre-texts
• fountain
- Well-spring
- bubbler
- bubblers
- mainspring
- mainsprings
- wellhead
- wellheads
• free rein
- free-rein
- unlimited freedoms
- unrestricted freedoms
• freedom
- Freedoms
- Rampancy
- full play
- independency
- laissez faire
- laxity
- liberty
- own accord
- plenty of rope
• frivolity
- coquettings
- dallyings
- flummeries
- fribbles
- frivolousnesses
- non sense
- non senses
- non-sense
- non-senses
- shallownesses
- toyings
- triflings
• frolic
- skylarkings
• game
- Festivities
• hobby
- favorite occupations
- labor love
- leisure pursuits
- pet topics
- schticks
• intention
- design
• jest
- bons mots
- one liner
- oneliner
- rib ticklers
- rib-ticklers
- ribtickler
- ribticklers
• joke
- clownings
- ha ha
- mis chief
- mis chiefs
- puton
- shaggy-dog stories
- shaggydog stories
- shaggydog story
• latitude
- in dependence
- in dependences
- in-dependence
- in-dependences
- run ofs
- un restrictedness
- un restrictednesses
- un-restrictedness
- un-restrictednesses
- unrestrictednesses
• latitude, range
- motion
• leeway
- head way
- head-way
• looseness
- looseness
• make-believe
- make-believe
• maneuver
- curveballs
- fancy footworks
• manoeuvre
- manoeuvre
• margin
- selvages
• meet
- meet
• play
- period of play
- playing period
- recreate
- represent
- run
- shimmer
- spiel
- unreal
- work
- wreak
• possibility
- achievability
- attainableness
- fifty-fifty
- likeliness
- outside chance
- practicabilities
- practicability
- toss up
- tossup
• prank
- roughhousing
- rowdiness
- shenanigan
• raillery
- Asteism
• scrimmage
- scrabble
- scrabbles
- scrimmage
• self-government
- self-government
• slack
- slackening
- slow up
- slow-up
- slowup
• sport
- exhibition
- physical activity
- tryout
• stratagem
- gamesmanship
- little game
• theater piece
- HIT
- curtain-raiser
- flop
- mask
- one-act
- opera
- potboiler
- smash hit
- turkey
• writing
- belles lettres
- belles-lettres
v.
• act
- Re-present
- am on
- are on
- being on
- bring down house
- bringing down house
- bringing down the house
- brings down house
- brings down the house
- brought down house
- brought down the house
- did a turn
- did turn
- didst a turn
- didst turn
- do turn
- does a turn
- does turn
- doest a turn
- doest turn
- doeth a turn
- doeth turn
- doing a turn
- doing turn
- dost a turn
- dost turn
- doth a turn
- doth turn
- is on
- laid an egg
- laid egg
- lay egg
- laying an egg
- laying egg
- lays an egg
- lays egg
- made debut
- makes debut
- making debut
- played gig
- played part
- played role
- playing gig
- playing part
- playing role
- plays gig
- plays part
- plays role
- puts it over
- puts over
- putting it over
- putting over
- re hearse
- re hearses
- re present
- re presented
- re presenting
- re presents
- re-hearse
- re-hearses
- re-presented
- re-presenting
- re-presents
- said one piece
- said one's piece
- said ones piece
- said piece
- say one piece
- say ones piece
- say piece
- saying one piece
- saying one's piece
- saying ones piece
- saying piece
- says one piece
- says one's piece
- says ones piece
- says piece
- takes part
- tread boards
- trod the boards
- was on
- wast on
- were on
- wert on
• act; take the part of
- play a gig
• appear
- am created
- am developed
- am invented
- are created
- are developed
- are invented
- art created
- art developed
- art invented
- became available
- becomes available
- becoming available
- being created
- being developed
- being invented
- came in to being
- came in to existence
- came into being
- came into existence
- came on stage
- came stage
- come in to being
- come in to existence
- come stage
- comes in to being
- comes in to existence
- comes into being
- comes into existence
- comes on stage
- comes stage
- coming in to being
- coming in to existence
- coming on stage
- coming stage
- is created
- is developed
- is invented
- made an appearance
- made appearance
- makes an appearance
- makes appearance
- making an appearance
- making appearance
- played a part
- plays a part
- presented oneself
- presenting oneself
- presents oneself
- was created
- was developed
- was invented
- wast created
- wast developed
- wast invented
- were created
- were developed
- were invented
- wert created
- wert developed
- wert invented
• beguile
- be guile
- be guiles
- be tray
- be trays
- be-guile
- be-guiles
- be-tray
- be-trays
- de lude
- de ludes
- de-lude
- de-ludes
- imposed on
- imposes on
- imposing on
- mis lead
- mis leading
- mis leads
- mis-lead
- mis-leading
- mis-leads
- play for sucker
- played for a sucker
- played for sucker
- playing for a sucker
- playing for sucker
- plays for a sucker
- plays for sucker
- ropes in
- roping in
- strung along
- sucking in
- sucks in
• call
- came over
- comes over
- coming over
- dropped by
- dropping by
- drops by
- dropt by
- falling by
- falls by
- fell by
- looked in on
- looking in on
- looking on
- looks in on
- looks on
- popping in
- pops in
- stopped by
- stopped in
- stopping by
- stopping in
- stops by
- stops in
- stopt by
- stopt in
- swang by
- swinging by
- swings by
- swung by
• caper
- blew lid off
- blew the lid off
- blow lid off
- blowing lid off
- blowing the lid off
- blows lid off
- blows the lid off
- cuts capers
- cutting capers
- go a tear
- go on tear
- go tear
- goes a tear
- goes on a tear
- goes on tear
- goes tear
- going a tear
- going on a tear
- going on tear
- going tear
- kick heels
- kick one heels
- kick ones heels
- kick up one heels
- kick up ones heels
- kicked heels
- kicked one heels
- kicked one's heels
- kicked ones heels
- kicked up heels
- kicked up one heels
- kicked up one's heels
- kicked up ones heels
- kicking heels
- kicking one heels
- kicking one's heels
- kicking ones heels
- kicking up heels
- kicking up one heels
- kicking up one's heels
- kicking up ones heels
- kicks heels
- kicks one heels
- kicks one's heels
- kicks ones heels
- kicks up heels
- kicks up one heels
- kicks up one's heels
- kicks up ones heels
- letted loose
- raised hell
- raises hell
- went a tear
- went on a tear
- went on tear
- went tear
- whoop up
- whooped it up
- whooped up
- whooping it up
- whooping up
- whoops it up
- whoops up
• carouse
- go a spree
- go on spree
- go spree
- goes a spree
- goes on a spree
- goes on spree
- goes spree
- going a spree
- going on a spree
- going on spree
- going spree
- haddest fun
- hadst fun
- has fun
- hast fun
- hath fun
- paint town
- paint town red
- painted the town
- painted the town red
- painted town
- painted town red
- painting the town
- painting the town red
- painting town
- painting town red
- paints the town
- paints the town red
- paints town
- paints town red
- went a spree
- went on a spree
- went on spree
- went spree
• cavort
- Caracoled
- caracoles
- caracoling
- go places do things
- goes places and do things
- goes places do things
- going places and do things
- going places do things
- horseplayed
- horseplaying
- monkeyed around
- monkeys around
- roughhoused
- went places and do things
- went places do things
• compete
- am running
- am the running
- are in running
- are in the running
- are running
- are the running
- art in running
- art in the running
- art running
- art the running
- be in running
- be the running
- being in running
- being in the running
- being running
- being the running
- copes with
- go for gold
- goes for broke
- goes for gold
- goes for the gold
- going for gold
- going for the gold
- in hunt
- inned hunt
- inned the hunt
- inning hunt
- inning the hunt
- ins hunt
- ins the hunt
- is in running
- is in the running
- is running
- is the running
- jockeyed for position
- jockeying for position
- jockeys for position
- matched strength
- matched wits
- matches strength
- matches wits
- matching strength
- matching wits
- participates in
- participating in
- pits against
- pits oneself against
- pitted against
- pitted oneself against
- pitting against
- pitting oneself against
- ran for
- running for
- runs for
- scrambled for
- scrambles for
- scrambling for
- seeking prize
- seeks prize
- sought prize
- was in running
- was in the running
- was the running
- wast in running
- wast in the running
- wast running
- wast the running
- went after
- went for broke
- went for gold
- went for the gold
- were in running
- were in the running
- were running
- were the running
- wert in running
- wert in the running
- wert running
- wert the running
• cut up
- mis behave
- mis behaved
- mis behaves
- mis behaving
- mis-behave
- mis-behaved
- mis-behaves
- mis-behaving
- played jokes
- playing jokes
- plays jokes
• dabble
- am amateur
- amuse with
- amused oneself with
- amused with
- amuses oneself with
- amuses with
- amusing oneself with
- amusing with
- are amateur
- art amateur
- being amateur
- dilly dally
- fiddles with
- fiddling with
- flirted with
- flirting with
- flirts with
- is amateur
- mucked around
- mucking around
- mucks around
- played games with
- playing games with
- plays games with
- toying with
- toys with
- trifled with
- trifles with
- trifling with
- was amateur
- wast amateur
- were amateur
- wert amateur
- worked superficially
- working superficially
- works superficially
- wrought superficially
• dandle
- rid knee
- rid on knee
- ride knee
- rides knee
- rides on knee
- riding knee
- riding on knee
- rode knee
- rode on knee
• deal/deal with
- attending to
- attends to
- be have
- be haves
- be having
- be-have
- be-haves
- be-having
- behaved toward
- behaves toward
- behaving toward
- conducted oneself
- conducting oneself
- conducts oneself
- dis cuss
- dis cussed
- dis cusses
- dis cussing
- dis-cuss
- dis-cussed
- dis-cusses
- dis-cussing
- gat a handle on something
- gat a handle something
- gat handle on something
- gat handle something
- get a handle something
- get handle on something
- get handle something
- gets a handle on something
- gets a handle something
- gets handle on something
- gets handle something
- getting a handle on something
- getting a handle something
- getting handle on something
- getting handle something
- got a handle on something
- got a handle something
- got handle on something
- got handle something
- gotten a handle on something
- gotten a handle something
- gotten handle on something
- gotten handle something
- had do with
- had to do with
- haddest do with
- haddest to do with
- hadst do with
- hadst to do with
- has do with
- has to do with
- hast do with
- hast to do with
- hath do with
- hath to do with
- have do with
- having do with
- lived with
- lives with
- made a go it
- made a go of it
- made go it
- made go of it
- make a go it
- make go it
- makes a go it
- makes a go of it
- makes go it
- makes go of it
- makes it
- making a go it
- making a go of it
- making go it
- making go of it
- making it
- over saw
- over see
- over seeing
- over seen
- over sees
- over-saw
- over-see
- over-seen
- over-sees
- re view
- re viewed
- re viewing
- re views
- re-view
- re-viewed
- re-views
- saw to
- seeing to
- sees to
- taking care of
- un burden
- un burdened
- un burdening
- un burdens
- un-burden
- un-burdened
- un-burdening
- un-burdens
• do
- acquits oneself
- acquitted oneself
- acquitting oneself
- came like
- came on like
- come like
- comes like
- comes on like
- coming like
- coming on like
- de mean
- de meaning
- de means
- de ported
- de porting
- de-mean
- de-meaning
- de-means
- de-ported
- de-porting
- dis course
- dis coursed
- dis courses
- dis coursing
- dis-course
- dis-coursed
- dis-courses
- dis-coursing
- gets by
- pre sent
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
- render role
- rendered role
- rendered the role
- rendering role
- rendering the role
- renders role
- renders the role
- staggered along
- staggering along
- staggers along
• dramatize
- choreograph
• enact
- appeared as
- appearing as
- appears as
- de pict
- de picts
- de-pict
- de-picts
- play part of
- played part of
- playing part of
- playing the part of
- plays part of
- plays the part of
• execute
- bring fruition
- bringing fruition
- brings fruition
- brings to fruition
- brought fruition
- brought to fruition
- did a t
- did job
- did t
- did the job
- did the trick
- did to a t
- did to t
- did trick
- didst a t
- didst job
- didst t
- didst the job
- didst the trick
- didst to a t
- didst to t
- didst trick
- dis charge
- dis charged
- dis charges
- dis charging
- dis-charge
- dis-charged
- dis-charges
- dis-charging
- do a t
- do job
- do t
- do to t
- do trick
- does a t
- does job
- does t
- does the job
- does the trick
- does to a t
- does to t
- does trick
- doest a t
- doest job
- doest t
- doest the job
- doest the trick
- doest to a t
- doest to t
- doest trick
- doeth a t
- doeth job
- doeth t
- doeth the job
- doeth the trick
- doeth to a t
- doeth to t
- doeth trick
- doing a t
- doing job
- doing t
- doing the job
- doing the trick
- doing to a t
- doing to t
- doing trick
- dost a t
- dost job
- dost t
- dost the job
- dost the trick
- dost to a t
- dost to t
- dost trick
- doth a t
- doth job
- doth t
- doth the job
- doth the trick
- doth to a t
- doth to t
- doth trick
- earned wings
- earning wings
- earns wings
- gat there
- gets there
- getting there
- got there
- gotten there
- put in to effect
- puts in to effect
- puts into effect
- puts through
- putting in to effect
- putting into effect
- putting through
- sailed through
- sailing through
- sails through
- take care business
- takes care business
- takes care of business
- taking care business
- took care business
- took care of business
- trans act
- trans acted
- trans acting
- trans acts
- trans-act
- trans-acted
- trans-acting
- trans-acts
• exploit
- availed of
- availed oneself of
- availing of
- availing oneself of
- avails of
- capitalized on
- capitalizes on
- capitalizing on
- cash on
- cashed in on
- cashed on
- cashes in on
- cashes on
- cashing in on
- cashing on
- gat mileage out of
- gets mileage out of
- getting mileage out of
- got mileage out of
- gotten mileage out of
- impose up on
- imposed up on
- imposes up on
- imposing up on
- imposing upon
- made capital of
- makes capital of
- makes use of
- making use of
- played on
- playing on
- plays on
- profited by
- profited from
- profiting by
- profiting from
- profits by
- profits from
- put use
- puts to use
- puts use
- putting to use
- putting use
• feign
- de vise
- de vised
- de vising
- de-vise
- de-vised
- de-vising
- did a bit
- did bit
- didst a bit
- didst bit
- dis simulate
- dis simulated
- dis simulates
- dis simulating
- dis-simulate
- dis-simulated
- dis-simulates
- dis-simulating
- do bit
- does a bit
- does bit
- doest a bit
- doest bit
- doeth a bit
- doeth bit
- doing a bit
- doing bit
- dost a bit
- dost bit
- doth a bit
- doth bit
- four flushed
- four flushes
- four flushing
- four-flushed
- four-flushes
- fourflush
- fourflushed
- fourflushes
- fourflushing
- gave appearance of
- gives appearance of
- giving appearance of
- in vent
- in vented
- in venting
- in vents
- in-vent
- in-vented
- in-venting
- in-vents
- made show of
- makes show of
- making show of
- phonied up
- phonies up
- phonying up
- put a front
- put act
- put front
- put up front
- puts a front
- puts front
- puts up a front
- puts up front
- putting a front
- putting front
- putting up a front
- putting up front
• fiddle
- inter fere
- inter feres
- inter-fere
- inter-feres
• fidget
- am antsy
- am hyper
- am nervous
- am on pins and needles
- am on pins needles
- am pins and needles
- am pins needles
- am spooked
- am wired
- are antsy
- are hyper
- are on pins and needles
- are on pins needles
- are pins and needles
- are pins needles
- are spooked
- are wired
- art antsy
- art hyper
- art nervous
- art pins and needles
- art pins needles
- art spooked
- art wired
- be on pins needles
- be pins and needles
- be pins needles
- being antsy
- being hyper
- being nervous
- being on pins and needles
- being on pins needles
- being pins and needles
- being pins needles
- being spooked
- being wired
- is antsy
- is hyper
- is nervous
- is on pins and needles
- is on pins needles
- is pins and needles
- is pins needles
- is spooked
- is wired
- jittered
- was antsy
- was hyper
- was nervous
- was on pins and needles
- was on pins needles
- was pins and needles
- was pins needles
- was spooked
- was wired
- wast antsy
- wast hyper
- wast nervous
- wast on pins and needles
- wast on pins needles
- wast pins and needles
- wast pins needles
- wast spooked
- wast wired
- were antsy
- were hyper
- were nervous
- were on pins and needles
- were on pins needles
- were pins and needles
- were pins needles
- were spooked
- were wired
- wert antsy
- wert hyper
- wert nervous
- wert on pins and needles
- wert on pins needles
- wert pins and needles
- wert pins needles
- wert spooked
- wert wired
• field
- Re-turn
- re turn
- re turning
- re turns
- re-turned
- re-turning
- re-turns
- turns aside
• finesse
- played games
- plays games
- pulled strings
- pulled wires
- pulling strings
- pulling wires
- pulls strings
- pulls wires
• frequent
- am at home in
- am home in
- am often in
- are at home in
- are found at
- are home in
- are often in
- art at home in
- art found at
- art home in
- attended regularly
- attending regularly
- attends regularly
- be home in
- being at home in
- being found at
- being home in
- being often in
- hanged out at
- hanging out at
- hangs out at
- hung out at
- is at home in
- is found at
- is home in
- is often in
- over running
- over runs
- re sorting
- re visit
- re visited
- re visiting
- re visits
- re-sort
- re-sorted
- re-sorting
- re-sorts
- re-visit
- re-visiting
- re-visits
- visiting often
- visits often
- was at home in
- was found at
- was home in
- was often in
- wast at home in
- wast found at
- wast home in
- wast often in
- were at home in
- were home in
- were often in
- wert at home in
- wert home in
- wert often in
• frolic
- letted go
• gamble
- buck odds
- bucked odds
- bucked the odds
- bucking odds
- bucking the odds
- bucks odds
- bucks the odds
- cut cards
- cuts cards
- cuts the cards
- cutting cards
- cutting the cards
- end anger
- end angered
- end angering
- end angers
- end-anger
- end-angering
- end-angers
- flip coin
- flipped coin
- flipped the coin
- flipping coin
- flipping the coin
- flips coin
- flips the coin
- laid money on
- laying money on
- lays money on
- made a bet
- made bet
- make bet
- makes a bet
- makes bet
- making bet
- puts trust in
- putting trust in
- shoot moon
- shoot works
- shooting moon
- shooting the moon
- shooting the works
- shooting works
- shoots moon
- shoots the moon
- shoots the works
- shoots works
- shot moon
- shot the moon
- shot the works
- shot works
- stick one neck out
- stick ones neck out
- sticked neck out
- sticked one neck out
- sticked one's neck out
- sticked ones neck out
- sticking neck out
- sticking one neck out
- sticking ones neck out
- sticks neck out
- sticks one neck out
- sticks one's neck out
- sticks ones neck out
- stuck neck out
- stuck one neck out
- stuck one's neck out
- stuck ones neck out
- take flyer
- takes a flyer
- takes flyer
- taking a flyer
- taking flyer
- tempted fortune
- tempting fortune
- tempts fortune
- took a flyer
- took flyer
- tried luck
- tried one luck
- tried one's luck
- tried ones luck
- tries luck
- tries one luck
- tries one's luck
- tries ones luck
- trust luck
- trusted luck
- trusted to luck
- trusting luck
- trusting to luck
- trusts luck
- trusts to luck
- try luck
- try one luck
- try ones luck
- trying luck
- trying one luck
- trying one's luck
- trying ones luck
• gambol
- cut caper
- cuts a caper
- cuts caper
- cutting a caper
- cutting caper
- kibitzed around
- kibitzes around
- kibitzing around
• handle
- be stow
- be stowed
- be stowing
- be stows
- be-stow
- be-stowed
- be-stowing
- be-stows
- call signals
- called signals
- called the signals
- calling signals
- calling the signals
- calls signals
- calls the signals
- cut mustard
- cuts mustard
- cuts the mustard
- cutting mustard
- gat a handle on
- gat handle on
- get handle on
- gets a handle on
- gets handle on
- getting a handle on
- getting handle on
- got a handle on
- got handle on
- gotten a handle on
- gotten handle on
- made grade
- make grade
- makes grade
- makes the grade
- making grade
- ran things
- runs things
- super vise
- super vised
- super vising
- super-vise
- super-vised
• have fun
- let one's hair down
- show off
• impersonate
- act part
- acted a part
- acted like
- acted out
- acted part
- acting like
- acting out
- acts a part
- acts like
- acts out
- acts part
- assumed character
- assumes character
- assuming character
- did an impression of
- did impression of
- didst an impression of
- didst impression of
- dittoing
- do impression of
- does an impression of
- does impression of
- doest an impression of
- doest impression of
- doeth an impression of
- doeth impression of
- doing an impression of
- doing impression of
- dost an impression of
- dost impression of
- doth an impression of
- doth impression of
- doubled as
- doubles as
- doubling as
- dressed as
- dresses as
- dressing as
- drest as
- made like
- masquerades as
- masquerading as
- pass oneself as
- passed off as
- passed oneself as
- passed oneself off as
- passes as
- passes off as
- passes oneself as
- passes oneself off as
- passing as
- passing off as
- passing oneself as
- passing oneself off as
- played a role
- playing a role
- plays a role
- posed as
- poses as
- posing as
- put an act
- take part of
- takes part of
- takes the part of
- taking part of
- taking the part of
- took part of
- took the part of
• interpret
- de cipher
- de ciphered
- de ciphering
- de ciphers
- de code
- de coded
- de codes
- de coding
- de lineate
- de lineated
- de scribe
- de scribed
- de scribes
- de scribing
- de-cipher
- de-ciphered
- de-ciphering
- de-ciphers
- de-code
- de-coded
- de-codes
- de-coding
- de-lineate
- de-lineated
- de-scribe
- de-scribed
- de-scribes
- de-scribing
- ex plain
- ex plained
- ex plaining
- ex plains
- ex plicate
- ex plicated
- ex plicates
- ex plicating
- ex pound
- ex pounded
- ex pounding
- ex pounds
- ex-plain
- ex-plained
- ex-plaining
- ex-plains
- ex-plicate
- ex-plicated
- ex-plicates
- ex-plicating
- ex-pound
- ex-pounded
- ex-pounding
- ex-pounds
- makes of
- para phrase
- para phrased
- para phrases
- para phrasing
- para-phrase
- para-phrased
- para-phrases
- para-phrasing
- re enact
- re enacted
- re enacting
- re enacts
- re-enacted
- re-enacting
- reenacts
- threw light on
- throwing light on
- throws light on
- trans late
- trans-lated
- under stand
- under standing
- under stands
- under stood
- under-standing
- under-stands
- under-stood
• joke
- de ride
- de rides
- de riding
- de-ride
- de-rides
- de-riding
- play clown
- played clown
- played the clown
- played tricks
- playing clown
- playing the clown
- playing tricks
- plays clown
- plays the clown
- plays tricks
- poked fun
- pokes fun
- poking fun
- pull one leg
- pull ones leg
- pulled leg
- pulled one leg
- pulled one's leg
- pulled ones leg
- pulling leg
- pulling one leg
- pulling ones leg
- pulls leg
- pulls one leg
- pulls one's leg
- pulls ones leg
• lay
- gave odds
- gives odds
- giving odds
• lick
- lapped against
- lapping against
- laps against
- moved over
- moves over
- moving over
• make believe
- acted as if
- acted as though
- acting as if
- acting as though
- acts as if
- acts as though
- let like
- lets like
- lets on like
- letted like
- letted on like
- letting like
- letting on like
- made as if
- makes as if
- making as if
- playing the part
- plays the part
• maneuver
- co oked
- co oking
- co-oked
- co-oking
- de signed
- de signing
- de-signed
- de-signing
- goes around
- leave holding bag
- leaved holding bag
- leaved holding the bag
- leaves holding bag
- leaves holding the bag
- leaving holding bag
- leaving holding the bag
- left holding bag
- left holding the bag
- pushed around
- pushes around
- puts one over
- putting one over
- up stage
- up staged
- up stages
- up staging
- up-stage
- up-staged
- up-stages
- up-staging
• mess around
- amused oneself
- amuses oneself
- amusing oneself
- play fool
- played fool
- played the fool
- playing fool
- playing the fool
- plays fool
- plays the fool
• mimic
- did like
- didst like
- does like
- doest like
- doeth like
- doing like
- dost like
- doth like
- goes like
- going like
- panto mime
- panto mimed
- panto mimes
- panto miming
- panto-mime
- panto-mimed
- panto-mimes
- panto-miming
- went like
• monkey
- busybodying
- fooled with
- fooling with
- fools with
- inter lope
- inter loped
- inter lopes
- inter loping
- inter meddle
- inter meddled
- inter meddles
- inter meddling
- inter-lope
- inter-loped
- inter-lopes
- inter-loping
- inter-meddle
- inter-meddled
- inter-meddles
- inter-meddling
• perform music
- harmonize
- solo
Other synonyms:

•

come-on
go up

•

clash
fall

•

go on

•

start

•

give

•

cross
cut in
duel
hook
room
team

•

application
enter

•

defense
drive
lie
spring

Other relevant words:

• act

• appear

• blow

• caper

• cavort

• clowning

horseplay

• cut up

play jokes

• dabble

• enact

• exhibition

puppetry

• fiddle with

tinker

• fidget

Fussed
Fussing
Joggled
Joggling
be antsy
be hyper
be nervous
be on pins and needles
be spooked
be wired
jitter
jittering
joggle
joggles
wiggle

• fool

beguile

• fool around

horse around

• frequent

• frisk

Larked
Larking

• frolic

frolic

• fun

happiness
sportiveness

• gambol

cut a caper
kibitz around

• handle

• interpret

• lick

• mess around

amuse oneself
play the fool

• parlay

• participate

• pretend

• produce

• romp

• serve

• sound

• space

leeway

• take

• tinker

• trifle

Fribbling
Trifled
be insincere
futz around
indulge in
lollygag
lollygagging
lollygags
monkey with
trifling
use up
used up
using up
wink at

• tweak

strum

• visit

• Other relevant words (adjective):

range

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

What are the paraphrases for Play?

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- Noun, singular or mass
  plaything, gameplay.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  betting, replaying.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  Areas, women, rules, referees.
- Noun, singular or mass
  speakers, reproducing, Kicks.
- Verb, past tense
  assumed, represented, starred, Acted, Appeared, Became, Bowled, Enjoyed, Exercised, Had, Performed, Served, Took, Contributed, reproduced.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  accepting, assuming, becoming, exercising, meeting, paying, pretending, putting, riding, talking, trying, Behaving, Carrying, Discharging, Displaying, Expecting, Fooling, Shouldering, Throwing, banging, stroking.
- Verb, past participle
  decided, Acted, Aimed, Emerged, Performed.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  assume, fulfill, have, operate.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  Exercises, takes, serves, exists, moves, performs, follows, becomes.
- Verb, base form
  accomplish, assume, duplicate, fulfill, have, held, operate, pursue, shoulder, Has.
Other Related
- Adjective
  game, playing.
- Proper noun, singular
  game, playback, played, playing.
- Noun, singular or mass
  game, interplay, performance, playback, playing, ploy, screenplay, Playbook.
- Interjection
  playing.
- Verb, past tense
  fulfilled, Waltzed.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  toying, Fulfilling, Messing, replicating, reproducing.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  occupy, playback.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  occupies, reproduces.
- Verb, base form
  comply, implement, occupy, playback, replicate, Occupying.

What are the hypernyms for Play?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for play (as nouns)
- act
  knock on, basketball play, razmataz, razzmatazz, power play, razzle, football play, razzle-dazzle.
- communication
  curtain raiser, musical comedy, musical, musical theater.
hypernyms for play (as verbs)
- competition
  cradle, play out, bandy, call, nail, exit, field, gamble, fullback, develop, underplay, line up, revoke, seesaw, backstop, golf, put out, fumble, misplay, replay, teeter-totter, bid, quarterback, unblock, bowl, ace, complete, hook, promote, declare, face off, start, foul, pitch, die, putt, tee off, bully off, croquet, curl, volley, cover, walk, catch, teetertotter, cricket, snooker.
- creation
  bow, beat, sound off, accompany, tweedle, swing, fiddle, harp, register, clarion, pipe, skirl, Busk, strike up, symphonize, follow, play along, debut, symphonise, drum, trumpet, chord.
- social
  fool, disport, fool around, lark, sport, roughhouse, gambol, horse around, cavort, dabble, lark about, splash around, Arse Around, romp, run around, frolic, frisk, skylark, rollick, paddle.

What are the hyponyms for Play?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for play (as nouns)
- act
  plan of action, usage, utilisation, utilization, use, employment, exercise.
- communication
  show.
- state
  activeness, action, activity.
hyponyms for play (as verbs)
- body
  exhaust, beat, wash up, tucker, tucker out.
- competition
  contend, wager, employ, bet, gamble, utilise, deploy, apply, use, compete, utilize, HIT, play, vie.
- consumption
  exploit, work.
- contact
  discharge.
- creation
  feign, sound, assume, sham, simulate, perform.
- motion
  go, displace, travel, locomote, move.
- social
  act, move.

What are the opposite words for play?

Play can be an incredibly versatile word, as it can be used to describe a wide range of activities, from sports to games to theater performances. However, if we're looking for antonyms for "play," we might consider words like "work," "seriousness," or "labor." These words all suggest a sense of duty or responsibility, as opposed to the lightheartedness and fun that "play" often connotes. Other antonyms might include words like "sulk," "brood," or "pout," which suggest a negative or displeased emotional state. Similarly, words like "study," "solve," or "research" imply a level of concentration or effort, rather than the relaxation and enjoyment associated with play.

What are the antonyms for Play?

n.
• amusement, entertainment
- depression
- gloom
- labor
- melancholy
- misery
- pain
- profession
- sadness
- seriousness
- sorrow
- task
- trouble
- unhappiness
• latitude, range
- idleness
- immobility
- inaction
- inactivity
• noun
- disuse
- duty
- earnest
- nonuse
- obligation
- responsibility
- work
• theater piece
- extreme
- failure
- success
v.
• act; take the part of
- fail
• compete in sport
- give up
• gamble, risk
- displace
- leave alone
- neglect
- remove
• generate, create
- produce
• have fun
- be sad
- direct
- face
- listen
- watch
• noun
- apply
- bang away
- beaver
- buckle
- plod
- plow
- plug
- slog
- strive
• produce music
- ignore
Other relevant words:

botch
give
goof
mess
set

Usage examples for Play

play out your little comedy.

"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"

Charles Weathers Bump

Do you play basketball?

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Wait until you see her play basketball.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Play

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

Hank Aaron
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Hank Aaron
Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him.

Paula Abdul
Center is a very tough position to play.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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n.

v.

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