Synonyms of Plays
101 Synonyms for Plays
Here's a list of any Thesaurus entries for plays:
- n. - A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- n. - A theatrical performance of a drama
- n. - A preset plan of action in team sports
- n. - A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- n. - A state in which action is feasible
- n. - Utilization or exercise
- n. - An attempt to get something
- n. - Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- Play
- Child's play
- n. - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- Playing period
- Period of play
- Play
- n. - The removal of constraints
- Free rein
- Play
- n. - A weak and tremulous light
- n. - Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- n. - Movement or space for movement
- n. - Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- n. - (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- 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)
- n. - The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- v. - Participate in games or sport
- v. - Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- v. - Play on an instrument
- v. - Play a role or part
- v. - Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- v. - Replay (as a melody)
- v. - Perform music on (a musical instrument)
- v. - Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- v. - Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- v. - Bet or wager (money)
- v. - Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- v. - Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- v. - Emit recorded sound
- v. - Perform on a certain location
- v. - Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- v. - Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- v. - Behave in a certain way
- v. - Cause to emit recorded audio or video
- v. - Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- v. - Use to one's advantage
- v. - Consider not very seriously
- v. - Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- v. - Behave carelessly or indifferently
- v. - Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- v. - Perform on a stage or theater
- v. - Be performed or presented for public viewing
- v. - Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- v. - Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- v. - Make bets
- v. - Stake on the outcome of an issue
- v. - Shoot or hit in a particular manner
- v. - Use or move
- v. - Employ in a game or in a specific position
- v. - Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- v. - Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line