Playing Synonyms and Antonyms

Perform on a stage or theater
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. acting
  2. thinking
  3. wreaking
  4. visiting
  5. supposing
  6. inflicting
  7. imposing
  8. imagining
To control to one's own advantage by artful or indirect means
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. manipulating
  2. maneuvering
  3. exploiting
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. encountering
  2. rendering
  3. rivalling
  4. interpreting
  5. engaging
  6. participating
  7. meeting
  8. executing
Antonyms:
  1. watching
Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. recreating
  2. rejoicing
  3. sporting
  4. carousing
  5. revelling
  6. disporting
Antonyms:
  1. sulking
  2. grieving
Replay (as a melody)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spieling
  2. showing
  3. flickering
  4. spouting
  5. running
  6. waltzing
Stake on the outcome of an issue
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wagering
  2. hazarding
  3. trifling
  4. gambling
  5. laying
  6. risking
  7. gaming
  8. betting
  9. chancing
  10. dallying
Behave carelessly or indifferently
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. toying
  2. flirting
  3. trifling
  4. dallying
The performance of a part or role in a drama
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. acting
  2. playacting
  3. performing
Engaged in or capable of action
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sportive
  2. gamboling

Words Related to Playing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Playing Sentence Examples

  • And don't tell me you aren't playing house with him.

  • Giddon returned to his place on the couch, his eyes twinkling with humor and the slightest suggestion of a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

  • A live band started playing a waltz and he dropped a hand to her waist.

  • So he was still playing mind games.

  • People play chess, so that object playing the Grand Master must be a person.

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