What is another word for toy?
932 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɔ͡ɪ], [ tˈɔɪ], [ t_ˈɔɪ]
As children, we all have grown up playing with toys. But did you know that 'toy' has numerous synonyms that can be used in place of the word? A few other words that you can use include plaything, gizmo, gadget, trinket, knick-knack, bauble, novelty, amusement, and diversion. These words can add flavor to your writings, texts, or conversations and improve your vocabulary. Instead of using the word toy over and over again, vary your word choices to keep your audience interested. After all, playing with playthings is always enjoyable, no matter what you call them!
Synonyms for Toy:
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adj.
• little- Toyer ,
- hardly any ,
- not big ,
- not large ,
- shrimpy ,
- smallish ,
- snubber ,
- under-sized ,
- junior ,
- least .
- baby ,
- bantam ,
- beggarly ,
- bitty ,
- compact ,
- deficient ,
- delicate ,
- diminutive ,
- dwarfish ,
- meager ,
- microscopic ,
- minimal ,
- minor ,
- minute ,
- miserly ,
- modest ,
- negligible ,
- niggardly ,
- nugatory ,
- paltry ,
- petite ,
- picayune ,
- piddling ,
- puny ,
- runty ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scrawny ,
- short ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- spare ,
- sparing ,
- stingy ,
- teensy ,
- teeny ,
- teeny-weeny ,
- tiny ,
- ungenerous ,
- wee ,
- weeny .
- itsy bitsy ,
- itsybitsy ,
- itty bitty ,
- ittybitty ,
- miter ,
- mitest ,
- more itsy bitsy ,
- more itsy-bitsy ,
- more itsybitsy ,
- more itty bitty ,
- more itty-bitty ,
- more ittybitty ,
- more minikin ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more scaled down ,
- more scaled-down ,
- more scaleddown ,
- more small scale ,
- more small-scale ,
- more smallscale ,
- most itsy bitsy ,
- most itsy-bitsy ,
- most itsybitsy ,
- most itty bitty ,
- most itty-bitty ,
- most ittybitty ,
- most minikin ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most scaled down ,
- most scaled-down ,
- most scaleddown ,
- most small scale ,
- most small-scale ,
- most smallscale ,
- pint sized ,
- scaleddown ,
- small scale ,
- smallscale .
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n.
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- Accouterments ,
- apparatus ,
- array ,
- automation ,
- automaton ,
- babylike ,
- big beast ,
- black box ,
- clunker ,
- contraption ,
- doll-like ,
- midgetlike ,
- model-sized ,
- on a small scale .
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- action figure ,
- balloon ,
- beanbag ,
- building block ,
- cap ,
- catapult ,
- clay ,
- construction paper ,
- doll's house .
- toy .
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v.
• caress • coquet- gold dig ,
- gold digging ,
- gold digs ,
- gold dug ,
- gold-digs ,
- gold-dug ,
- golddig ,
- golddigging ,
- golddigs ,
- golddug ,
- makes eyes at ,
- making eyes at ,
- winking at ,
- winks at .
- rid knee ,
- rid on knee ,
- ride knee ,
- rides knee ,
- rides on knee ,
- riding knee ,
- riding on knee ,
- rode knee ,
- rode on knee ,
- toys with .
- am life of party ,
- am life party ,
- amused oneself ,
- amuses oneself ,
- amusing oneself ,
- are life of party ,
- are life party ,
- art life of party ,
- art life party ,
- be life party ,
- being life of party ,
- being life party ,
- cuts capers ,
- cutting capers ,
- dis ported ,
- dis porting ,
- dis-ported ,
- dis-porting ,
- entertained oneself ,
- entertaining oneself ,
- entertains oneself ,
- go a spree ,
- go on spree ,
- go spree ,
- goes a spree ,
- goes on a spree ,
- goes on spree ,
- goes spree ,
- going a spree ,
- going on a spree ,
- going on spree ,
- going spree ,
- idled away ,
- idles away ,
- idling away ,
- is life of party ,
- is life party ,
- kibitzed ,
- kibitzes ,
- kick heels ,
- kicked heels ,
- kicked up heels ,
- kicking heels ,
- kicking up heels ,
- kicks heels ,
- kicks up heels ,
- let one hair down ,
- let ones hair down ,
- lets hair down ,
- lets one hair down ,
- lets one's hair down ,
- lets ones hair down ,
- letted go ,
- letted hair down ,
- letted loose ,
- letted one hair down ,
- letted one's hair down ,
- letted ones hair down ,
- letting hair down ,
- letting one hair down ,
- letting one's hair down ,
- letting ones hair down ,
- was life of party ,
- was life party ,
- wast life of party ,
- wast life party ,
- went a spree ,
- went on a spree ,
- went on spree ,
- went spree ,
- were life of party ,
- were life party ,
- wert life of party ,
- wert life party .
- puts one over on ,
- putting one over on ,
- strung along ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- taking for a ride ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride .
- messed with ,
- messes with ,
- messing with ,
- mucked about ,
- mucking about ,
- mucks about ,
- playing with ,
- plays with ,
- re pair ,
- re paired ,
- re pairing ,
- re pairs ,
- re-pair ,
- re-paired ,
- re-pairing ,
- re-pairs ,
- takes apart ,
- trifled with ,
- trifles with ,
- trifling with .
- Percussed ,
- Percussing ,
- am contact ,
- am in contact ,
- are contact ,
- are in contact ,
- art contact ,
- art in contact ,
- be contact ,
- being contact ,
- being in contact ,
- butted on ,
- butting on ,
- butts on ,
- came together ,
- feeling up ,
- feels up ,
- impinge up on ,
- impinged up on ,
- impinges up on ,
- impinges upon ,
- impinging up on ,
- impinging upon ,
- in spect ,
- in spects ,
- in-spect ,
- in-spects ,
- is contact ,
- is in contact ,
- laid a finger on ,
- laid finger on ,
- laying a finger on ,
- laying finger on ,
- lays a finger on ,
- lays finger on ,
- percusses ,
- pro bed ,
- pro-bed ,
- re ached ,
- re aching ,
- re-ached ,
- re-aching ,
- was contact ,
- was in contact ,
- wast contact ,
- wast in contact ,
- were contact ,
- were in contact ,
- wert contact ,
- wert in contact .
- are insincere ,
- art insincere ,
- being insincere ,
- dilly dally ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- fribbled ,
- fribbles ,
- futzed around ,
- futzes around ,
- futzing around ,
- indulged in ,
- indulges in ,
- indulging in ,
- is insincere ,
- lollygagged ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- monkeyed with ,
- monkeying with ,
- monkeys with ,
- played games with ,
- playing games with ,
- plays games with ,
- uses up ,
- was insincere ,
- wast insincere ,
- were insincere ,
- wert insincere .
Other synonyms:
- bauble ,
- cannon fodder ,
- cinderella ,
- fidget ,
- fodder ,
- gimcrack ,
- stooge ,
- victim .
- pawn ,
- unfortunate .
- instrument .
- target .
Other relevant words:
- Danced ,
- Disported ,
- Disporting ,
- Frolicking ,
- Messed ,
- Messing ,
- Pottered ,
- Pottering ,
- Puddled ,
- Puddling ,
- amuse oneself ,
- be life of party ,
- caress ,
- coquet ,
- cut capers ,
- dancing ,
- dandle ,
- entertain oneself ,
- fiddle ,
- go on a spree ,
- idle away ,
- kibitz ,
- kibitzing ,
- kick up heels ,
- let hair down ,
- let loose ,
- let one's hair down ,
- lets go ,
- lets loose ,
- letting go ,
- letting loose ,
- made merry ,
- make merry ,
- makes merry ,
- making merry ,
- play ,
- potter ,
- potters ,
- ride on knee ,
- string along ,
- touch ,
- toy with ,
- toyed with ,
- twiddle .
- Gold-digging ,
- Wantoned ,
- Wantoning ,
- gold-dig ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- made eyes at ,
- make eyes at ,
- wink at ,
- winked at .
- Boutade ,
- Duodecimo ,
- Fribble ,
- Gazingstock ,
- Interagent ,
- Intermedium ,
- MIG ,
- Minikin ,
- Playthings ,
- Toys ,
- Twelvemo ,
- Whim-wham ,
- Whimwham ,
- abut ,
- act ,
- act as ,
- agate ,
- agent ,
- amuse oneself with ,
- amusement ,
- ancilla ,
- appliance ,
- artificial ,
- assemble ,
- babe ,
- baby-sized ,
- badger dog ,
- bagatelle ,
- ball ,
- banquet ,
- banty ,
- baseball bat ,
- bat ,
- battledore ,
- be played ,
- beagle ,
- bean ,
- behave ,
- bet ,
- bijou ,
- bill and coo ,
- bit ,
- bit of frippery ,
- block ,
- blocks ,
- boob ,
- brainstorm ,
- brass farthing ,
- bravely ,
- bric-a-brac ,
- brightness ,
- bring ,
- brummagem ,
- bull dog ,
- butt ,
- butterfly ,
- button ,
- byword ,
- byword of reproach ,
- caper ,
- capriccio ,
- caprice ,
- carouse ,
- cent ,
- chat up ,
- checkerboard ,
- chessboard ,
- child's plaything ,
- chump ,
- cinch ,
- club ,
- cockhorse ,
- collie ,
- come on to ,
- conceit ,
- confront ,
- congregate ,
- contrivance ,
- converge ,
- copulate ,
- coquette ,
- cosset ,
- court ,
- crank ,
- craze ,
- cricket bat ,
- crotchet ,
- cuddle ,
- cue ,
- cull ,
- cur ,
- curio ,
- dabble ,
- dally ,
- damn ,
- dance ,
- dawdle ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- depict ,
- derision ,
- device ,
- diddle ,
- dido ,
- die ,
- dilly-dally ,
- disport ,
- diversion ,
- dog ,
- doll ,
- doll-sized ,
- dollhouse ,
- dolly ,
- dummy ,
- dupe ,
- dwarf ,
- easy mark ,
- easy pickings ,
- elfin ,
- encounter ,
- evade ,
- express ,
- fad ,
- fair game ,
- fake ,
- falderal ,
- fall guy ,
- fancy ,
- fancy dog ,
- fantastic notion ,
- fantasy ,
- farce ,
- farthing ,
- feast ,
- feather ,
- fiddle about ,
- fiddle around ,
- fiddle with ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- fiddlestick ,
- fig ,
- find ,
- fish ,
- fit ,
- fleabite ,
- flimflam ,
- flirt ,
- folderol ,
- fool ,
- fool around ,
- fool notion ,
- fool with ,
- fox terrier ,
- freak ,
- frippery ,
- frisk ,
- frivol ,
- frolic ,
- fulfill ,
- fuss ,
- gallivant ,
- gambol ,
- game ,
- gamely ,
- gather ,
- gaud ,
- gimmick ,
- go-between ,
- goat ,
- goldbrick ,
- greener ,
- greenhorn ,
- greeny ,
- gudgeon ,
- gull ,
- gyp ,
- hair ,
- halfpenny ,
- handmaid ,
- handmaiden ,
- handy ,
- harrier ,
- have fun ,
- hill of beans ,
- hobby ,
- hobbyhorse ,
- hoot ,
- horse around ,
- hound ,
- humor ,
- humour ,
- idle ,
- illumination ,
- imitation ,
- implement ,
- inappreciable ,
- inconsequent ,
- inconsequential ,
- inconsiderable ,
- inconspicuous ,
- ineffectual ,
- infantile ,
- inferior ,
- infinitesimal ,
- innocent ,
- insensible ,
- insignificant ,
- insufficient ,
- intermediary ,
- intermediate ,
- intersect ,
- irrelevant ,
- itsy-bitsy ,
- jack-in-the-box ,
- jacks ,
- jackstones ,
- jackstraws ,
- jest ,
- joke ,
- junket ,
- kaleidoscope ,
- kickshaw ,
- kid around ,
- kink ,
- kite ,
- knack ,
- knick-knack ,
- knickknack ,
- knickknackery ,
- knife ,
- laconic ,
- lallygag ,
- laughingstock ,
- leap ,
- lesser ,
- lever ,
- light ,
- lilliputian ,
- limited ,
- loiter ,
- lollygag ,
- maggot ,
- magic lantern ,
- make for ,
- make love ,
- make out ,
- marble ,
- mash ,
- mastiff ,
- mechanism ,
- meddle ,
- mediator ,
- medium ,
- meet ,
- megrim ,
- mess ,
- mess about ,
- mess around ,
- midget ,
- midwife ,
- mini ,
- miniaturized ,
- minion ,
- minuscule ,
- mockery ,
- molehill ,
- mongrel ,
- monkey ,
- monkey around ,
- monkey with ,
- muck ,
- mug ,
- mulct ,
- naif ,
- neck ,
- nicknack ,
- nobble ,
- nothing ,
- notion ,
- ogle ,
- organ ,
- ornament ,
- otter hound ,
- palpate ,
- paper doll ,
- passing fancy ,
- pastime ,
- patsy ,
- peculiarity ,
- peep show ,
- peppercorn ,
- pet ,
- philander ,
- piddle ,
- pigeon ,
- pin ,
- pinprick ,
- pinwheel ,
- play around ,
- play games ,
- play the fool ,
- play tricks ,
- play with ,
- playact ,
- playhouse ,
- plaything ,
- pluckily ,
- pocket-sized ,
- pointer ,
- pony ,
- poodle ,
- popgun ,
- portray ,
- prank ,
- pretty ,
- prize sap ,
- pug ,
- pup ,
- puppet ,
- puppet show ,
- puppy ,
- pushover ,
- pygmy ,
- quirk ,
- quiz ,
- racket ,
- rag doll ,
- rap ,
- re-create ,
- recreate ,
- red cent ,
- represent ,
- retriever ,
- revel ,
- roleplay ,
- romance ,
- romp ,
- rook ,
- run ,
- rush ,
- sap ,
- saphead ,
- scam ,
- schlemiel ,
- seduce ,
- serenade ,
- servant ,
- setter ,
- sheep dog ,
- shepherd's dog ,
- shirk ,
- shit ,
- short-change ,
- show ,
- shrink from ,
- simulated ,
- sitting duck ,
- skylark ,
- slave ,
- sleep around ,
- small-scale ,
- smatter ,
- smooch ,
- snap ,
- sou ,
- spaniel ,
- spiel ,
- spoon ,
- sport ,
- sporting dog ,
- squirm ,
- steelie ,
- stock ,
- straw ,
- subminiature ,
- sucker ,
- sweet-talk ,
- swindle ,
- take on ,
- tamper with ,
- tantalize ,
- taw ,
- tease ,
- teddy ,
- teddy bear ,
- teensy-weensy ,
- teeter-totter ,
- teetotum ,
- terrier ,
- tool ,
- top ,
- toy dog ,
- toy soldier ,
- trifle ,
- trifle with ,
- trinket ,
- triviality ,
- trusting soul ,
- tuppence ,
- turnspit ,
- two cents ,
- twopence ,
- undersized ,
- vagary ,
- vanity ,
- vehicle ,
- vest-pocket ,
- victimize ,
- wanton ,
- waste time ,
- water dog ,
- water spaniel ,
- whelp ,
- whim ,
- whimsy ,
- woo ,
- wreak ,
- yo-yo .
- Palmed ,
- Palming ,
- Thumbing ,
- be in contact ,
- butt on ,
- come together ,
- comes together ,
- coming together ,
- feel up ,
- felt up ,
- impinge upon ,
- impinged upon ,
- lay a finger on ,
- lay finger on ,
- osculate ,
- palm ,
- palms ,
- percuss ,
- thumb ,
- thumbed ,
- thumbs ,
- touching .
- Fribbling ,
- Idled ,
- Trifled ,
- be insincere ,
- futz around ,
- indulge in ,
- lollygagging ,
- lollygags ,
- play games with ,
- trifling ,
- use up ,
- used up ,
- using up .
- Canis Familiaris ,
- artefact ,
- artifact ,
- copy ,
- domestic dog ,
- knick-knacks ,
- pigeons ,
- pocket edition ,
- replica ,
- replication ,
- reproduction ,
- thing .
- DO ,
- activity ,
- manipulate ,
- move .
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How to use "Toy" in context?
When people think of a toy, most likely there's a colorful ball orgy playing in their head. But there's so much more to toys than just those innocuous distractions. Toys can be used for learning, for developing motor skills, and for just sheer fun. Here are 50 amazing toys that will have your children (and you!) saying "wow!
Paraphrases for Toy:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
plaything.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
doll.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Sports.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Toy:
n.
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artifact
replica, device, reproduction, replication.
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artifact
v.
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