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Nouns (48)

play

n. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

play

n. a preset plan of action in team sports; "the coach drew up the plays for her team"

play

n. utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination"

play

n. a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours"

play

n. a state in which action is feasible; "the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play"

passing, overtaking

n. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"

passing, passage

n. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

passing, pass, qualifying

n. success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

passing, pass, passing game

n. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"

play, child's play

n. activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

play, turn

n. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"

play, bid

n. an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

play, looseness

n. movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"

play, drama

n. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

play, shimmer

n. a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"

play, free rein

n. the removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent"

going, departure, exit, passing, loss, release, expiration

n. euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

play, gambling, gaming

n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"

play, maneuver, manoeuvre

n. a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"

play, sport, fun

n. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

play, period of play, playing period

n. (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"

Verbs (42)

play

v. engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"

play

v. exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish"

play

v. participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

play

v. bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races"

play

v. put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory"

play

v. discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day"

play

v. perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"

play

v. be performed; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years"

play

v. pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians"

play

v. play on an instrument; "The band played all night long"

play

v. move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"

play

v. cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack"

play

v. be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

play

v. behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair"

play

v. be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; "This speech didn't play well with the American public"; "His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee"

play, run

v. cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?"

play, play on

v. perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"

play, amuse oneself

v. engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"

act, play, act as

v. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

play, encounter, meet, take on

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

play, toy, fiddle, diddle

v. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

act, play, represent

v. play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

act, play, roleplay, playact

v. perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

play, spiel, render

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

Adverbs (4)

passing, extremely, exceedingly, amain

adv. to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"

Adjectives (11)

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

passing, casual, perfunctory, superficial

adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

passing, transient, ephemeral, short-lived, transitory

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

Fuzzynyms (236)

production

n. a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?"

show, display

n. something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"

tragedy

n. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

act, action

n. something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

production

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

deed, feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

indulgence, lenience

n. a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"

patience, forbearance, longanimity

n. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

laxness, laxity, remissness

n. the quality of being lax and neglectful

dramatics, theater, theatre, dramaturgy, dramatic art

n. the art of writing and producing plays

skit

n. a short theatrical episode

theatrical, histrionics, theatrical performance

n. a performance of play

piece, newspaper article, news story, news article

n. an article reporting news

composition, piece, opus, musical composition, piece of music

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

production

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

show

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

flicker, glint, spark

n. a momentary flash of light

coup d'etat, coup, putsch

n. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

gambit

n. a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

procedure, process

n. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

attack, approach, plan of attack

n. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"

fashion

n. characteristic or habitual practice

maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation

n. a military training exercise

cheer

n. a cry or shout of approval

takeoff, parody, mockery, charade, lampoon, spoof, sendup, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade

n. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

fidget, move restlessly

v. move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

flip, twitch

v. toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

joggle, jiggle, wiggle

v. move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

joke, jest, tell a joke

v. tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

caper, jump about

v. jump about playfully

blow

v. exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"

encounter, meet, receive

v. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

encounter, meet, see, come across, run into, forgather, foregather, run across

v. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

touch, match, equal, rival

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

fight, struggle, have a fight

v. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

brave, weather, endure, brave out

v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

abuse, misuse, pervert

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

produce, bring about, give rise to

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

appear

v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

adapt, dramatize, dramatise

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

look, appear, seem

v. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

impersonate, portray

v. assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

present, portray

v. represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

depict, portray, limn

v. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

outline, delineate, limn, trace the shape of

v. trace the shape of

show, picture, depict

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

discharge, empty, become void, become empty

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

sketch, outline, chalk out

v. make a sketch of; "sketch the building"

passing, transient, ephemeral, short-lived, transitory

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

fugitive, fleeting, momentaneous, momentary

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

mortal

adj. subject to death; "mortal beings"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

quick, superficial, cursory

adj. hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

facile

adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

chance, haphazard

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

hasty

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

indifferent

adj. showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"

casual, insouciant, nonchalant

adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

fugitive, fleeting, momentaneous, momentary

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

brief, little

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

deadly, full, deuced, rattling, extremely, madly, insanely, deucedly, devilishly

adv. "She was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "full well"; "a rattling good story"

excessively, overly, too, to an excessive degree

adv. to an excessive degree; "too big"

notably

adv. to a notable extent; "notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much"

vastly, grossly

adv. to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator"

exceptionally

adv. to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"

inordinately, extraordinarily

adv. extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"

greatly, extremely, drastically, highly

adv. in a drastic manner

Synonyms (111)

dally with, play with, trifle with

v. consider not very seriously

turn to, think of, entertain, take into consideration, flirt with, toy with, think about

v. take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

active, on the move

adj. being in physical motion: "active fish in the aquarium"; "a nurse is on the move all day"

walking, afoot, on foot

adj. traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

agitated, tossing

adj. thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"

approaching, oncoming

adj. moving toward one

self-propelled, self-propelling, automotive

adj. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle"

riding, awheel

adj. traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the riding public welcomed the new buses"

circling

adj. moving in a circle

circulating

adj. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point: "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the circulating thyroid hormones"

crawling, creeping

adj. moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously esp by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground: "huge crawling reptiles"; "a creeping tractor"

flowing, streaming

adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"

pouring, flowing, gushing

adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"

fluttering, flittering

adj. moving rapidly to and fro (as wings): "fluttering birds"; "the flittering wings of a fledgling"

jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting

adj. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

road, traveling, travelling, touring, itinerant, peripatetic

adj. working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"

kinetic

adj. characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"

marching

adj. "marching orders"

shuffling, milling

adj. moving about or around: "the milling crowd"

mobile, movable

adj. having transportation available

wheeling, turning, revolving, rotating

adj. turning about an axis

rushing

adj. moving or as if moving with extreme rapidity: "the typical mountain stream is a rushing torrent"; "the rushing yellow of the developing day"

shifting

adj. continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors"

whirling, spinning

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

twisting, squirming, wiggling, wriggling, writhing, vermiculate

adj. having a twisting or snake-like or wormlike motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"

waving, streaming

adj. "banners waving in the breeze"

sweeping

adj. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"

underway, under way

adj. currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

unreeling, unwinding

adj. unwinding from or as if from a reel; "recorded on the unreeling film inside her"; "a long unwinding silk cocoon"

whirling, swirling

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

acceptable

adj. worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

fair, adequate, passable, fair to middling

adj. about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"

okay, ok, all-right, O.K., all right

adj. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"

alright

adj. nonstandard usage

satisfying, cheering, comforting

adj. providing freedom from worry

copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic

adj. completely satisfactory; "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara

right

adj. in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

unstudied, effortless

adj. "careless grace"

haphazard, hit-or-miss, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy

adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

acting, interim

adj. performing services temporarily

episodic

adj. limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

fly-by-night

adj. ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"

makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

temporal

adj. not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

terminable

adj. capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity"

visiting, guest

adj. staying temporarily: "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor"

Antonyms (25)

failing

n. failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

work

n. activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

tightness, tautness

n. lack of movement or room for movement

killing, violent death

n. an event that causes someone to die

pass, work, airt, make one's way, work one's way

v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

move, work

v. move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"

work, knead, make uniform

v. as of dough or clay

permanent, lasting

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, eternal, unending

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

incessant, perpetual

adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

passing play

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