Synonyms for Make play for:

• v.

  •bid (verb)
  • demand,
  • request,
  • warn,
  • order,
  • desire,
  • enjoin,
  • charge,
  • make a play for,
  • direct,
  • tell,
  • proposition,
  • invite,
  • make a pass at,
  • solicit,
  • summon,
  • call,
  • require,
  • make a pitch,
  • instruct.
  •contend (verb)
  • resist,
  • stand,
  • go for,
  • rival,
  • go for it,
  • tangle with,
  • give one's all,
  • grapple,
  • shoot at,
  • vie,
  • push for,
  • dispute,
  • meet,
  • jockey for position,
  • skirmish,
  • oppugn,
  • controvert,
  • cope,
  • mix it up with,
  • scramble for,
  • struggle,
  • litigate,
  • go for jugular,
  • lock horns,
  • battle,
  • emulate,
  • contest,
  • encounter,
  • tug,
  • strive,
  • argue,
  • go after,
  • clash,
  • give all one's got,
  • have at,
  • shoot for,
  • go for broke,
  • push,
  • confront,
  • face,
  • oppose,
  • withstand,
  • knock oneself out,
  • jostle.

• Other synonyms:

  •contend
  • Jostled,
  • Vied,
  • going after,
  • mix up with,
  • goes after,
  • shot at,
  • mixed with,
  • Emulated,
  • mixed up with,
  • mix with,
  • Struggled,
  • going for broke,
  • had at.

Antonyms for Make play for:

• v.

  • bid
    listen, reject, answer, reply, not want.
  • contend
    agree, hide, cede, go along, leave, give in, abandon, comply, make peace, yield, retreat, surrender, give up, desert.