Definition for Play:

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

Synonyms for Play:

• n.

  •
  • piece,
  • performance,
  • show.
  •
  • disport.
  •
  • fool.
  •
  • gamble.
  •
  • enact,
  • action,
  • play-act.
  •
  • render.
  •action (noun)
  • action,
  • working.
  •amusement (noun)
  • frivolity,
  • entertainment,
  • merriment,
  • fun,
  • jocularity,
  • amusement,
  • relaxation,
  • refreshment,
  • game,
  • tonic,
  • recreation,
  • distraction,
  • Divertissement,
  • Jolliness,
  • whimsicality,
  • humor,
  • pastime,
  • pleasure,
  • diversion,
  • celebration,
  • levity,
  • sport,
  • hobby,
  • stimulation,
  • hilarity.
  •amusement, entertainment (noun)
  • gaming,
  • pastime,
  • fun,
  • caper,
  • humor,
  • disport,
  • relaxation,
  • game,
  • frisk,
  • frolic,
  • romp,
  • gambol,
  • recreation,
  • sport,
  • pleasure,
  • diversion.
  •application (noun)
  • practice.
  •freedom (noun)
  • full swing.
  •latitude, range (noun)
  • exercise,
  • working,
  • action,
  • room,
  • swing,
  • operation.
  •play (noun)
  • drama,
  • fun,
  • gambol,
  • flirt,
  • bet,
  • caper,
  • gaming,
  • sport,
  • gambling,
  • toy,
  • trifle,
  • dally,
  • wager,
  • pretend,
  • act as,
  • fiddle,
  • romp,
  • frolic.
  •romp (noun)
  • romp.
  •room (noun)
  • room.
  •theater piece (noun)
  • drama,
  • performance,
  • entertainment,
  • show.

• v.

  •act; take the part of (verb)
  • execute,
  • enact,
  • act the part of,
  • perform,
  • present.
  •dramatize (verb)
  • characterize,
  • choreograph,
  • act,
  • mime,
  • dramatize,
  • present,
  • improvise,
  • burlesque,
  • pantomime.
  •gamble, risk (verb)
  • bet,
  • stake,
  • hazard,
  • wager.
  •have fun (verb)
  • toy,
  • dally,
  • trifle.
  •perform music (verb)
  • jam,
  • gig,
  • practice,
  • solo,
  • perform,
  • serenade,
  • harmonize,
  • sing.
  •produce music (verb)
  • operate,
  • fiddle,
  • render.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • frisk,
  • disport,
  • play-act.
  •
  • performance,
  • gamble,
  • show.
  •
  • piece,
  • latitude,
  • render.
  •
  • enact.
  •
  • room.
  •
  • operation.
  •
  • serve.
  •act
  • play-act.
  •appear
  • play a part.
  •cavort
  • frisk.
  •enact
  • enact.
  •frolic
  • frolic.
  •pretend
  • feign,
  • make out like.
  •romp
  • rollick,
  • romp.
  •Other relevant words:
  • swing,
  • monkey,
  • coquet,
  • workings,
  • gamble,
  • hazard,
  • act the part of,
  • put on an act,
  • shot,
  • affect,
  • noise,
  • frivol,
  • fiddle,
  • render,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • latitude,
  • enact,
  • act out,
  • function,
  • piece,
  • exercise,
  • toy,
  • feign,
  • flirt,
  • way,
  • pretend,
  • operate,
  • frolic,
  • room,
  • act as,
  • gambol,
  • make a show of,
  • assume,
  • dally,
  • sham,
  • rollick,
  • play a part,
  • romp,
  • bet,
  • stake,
  • functioning,
  • drama,
  • serve,
  • operation,
  • sporting,
  • fool,
  • simulate,
  • gambling,
  • caper,
  • playing,
  • trifle,
  • try one's luck,
  • stage play,
  • full swing,
  • counterfeit,
  • working,
  • make out like,
  • rig,
  • play-act,
  • show,
  • put on,
  • wager,
  • execute,
  • disport,
  • dido,
  • fake,
  • put up a front,
  • gaming,
  • action,
  • frisk,
  • performance,
  • strut one's stuff,
  • speculation,
  • act a part,
  • tune,
  • vehicle.

Antonyms for Play:

• n.

  • amusement, entertainment
    pain, unhappiness, sadness, trouble, depression, seriousness, profession, labor, task, gloom, melancholy, sorrow, misery.
  • latitude, range
    idleness, inaction, immobility, inactivity.
  • theater piece
    extreme, success, failure, work.
  • Other antonyms:
    earnest, obligation, work, nonuse, responsibility, disuse, duty.

• v.

  • act; take the part of
    fail.
  • compete in sport
    give up.
  • gamble, risk
    displace, neglect, leave alone, remove.
  • have fun
    face, direct, be sad, listen, watch.
  • produce music
    ignore.

Hypernym for Play:

• n.

  • act
    knock on, basketball play, razmataz, razzmatazz, power play, razzle, football play, razzle-dazzle.
  • communication
    curtain raiser, musical comedy, musical, musical theater.

• v.

  • competition
    cradle, play out, bandy, call, nail, exit, field, gamble, fullback, develop, underplay, line up, revoke, seesaw, backstop, golf, put out, fumble, misplay, replay, teeter-totter, bid, quarterback, unblock, bowl, ace, complete, hook, promote, declare, face off, start, foul, pitch, die, putt, tee off, bully off, croquet, curl, volley, cover, walk, catch, teetertotter, cricket, snooker.
  • creation
    bow, beat, sound off, accompany, tweedle, swing, fiddle, harp, register, clarion, pipe, skirl, Busk, strike up, symphonize, follow, play along, debut, symphonise, drum, trumpet, chord.
  • social
    fool, disport, fool around, lark, sport, roughhouse, gambol, horse around, cavort, dabble, lark about, splash around, Arse Around, romp, run around, frolic, frisk, skylark, rollick, paddle.

Hyponym for Play:

• n.

  • act
    plan of action, usage, utilisation, utilization, use, employment, exercise.
  • communication
    show.
  • state
    activeness, action, activity.

• v.

  • body
    exhaust, beat, wash up, tucker, tucker out.
  • competition
    contend, wager, employ, bet, gamble, utilise, deploy, apply, use, compete, utilize, HIT, play, vie.
  • consumption
    exploit, work.
  • contact
    discharge.
  • creation
    feign, sound, assume, sham, simulate, perform.
  • motion
    go, displace, travel, locomote, move.
  • social
    act, move.