Thesaurus
play
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PLAY
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to engage in activity for amusement <told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work>
Related Words cavort, frisk, gambol, romp; dabble, trifle; amuse, divert, entertain; delight, please; dabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around); bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], idle, loaf, lounge (around or about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off); jest, joke, tease
2
to present a portrayal or performance of <played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic>
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to spend time in aimless activity <just played around while we waited for the bus to arrive>
Synonyms doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang about [British], kick around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
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to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently <this is how we're going to play the situation>
Synonyms address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat
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