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Antonyms for game
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  1. gamenoun

    Synonyms:
    racket

  2. gameadjective

    Synonyms:
    racket

  3. gamenoun

    A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment. In many games, the objective is to win by defeating the other player or players or being the first to reach a specified goal, while in others, role-playing or cooperation is emphasized.

    I'm game, would you like to tell me how [to do that]? - From the computer game Adventure.

    Antonyms:
    cautious, disinclined

    Synonyms:
    courageous, sporting, disposed, willing, valiant, favorable, daring, nervy

  4. gamenoun

    A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

    Synonyms:
    line

  5. gamenoun

    Antonyms:
    labor, work, toil, grief, drudgery, sorrow, sadness, uneasiness

    Synonyms:
    entertainment, gaiety, prank, recreation, merrymaking, diversion, amusement, spree, gambol, fun, frolic, festivity, pastime, sport, lark, merriment, play

  6. gamenoun

    Synonyms:
    wargame

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. game

    Antonyms:
    study, toil, labor, business, duty, weariness, flagging

    Synonyms:
    sport, recreation, pastime, amusement, frolic, diversion, play

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  1. gamenoun

    a contest with rules to determine a winner

    "you need four people to play this game"

    Antonyms:
    fearful, cowardly, fit

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  2. gamenoun

    a single play of a sport or other contest

    "the game lasted two hours"

    Antonyms:
    fearful, fit, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  3. gamenoun

    an amusement or pastime

    "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fit, fearful

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  4. gamenoun

    animal hunted for food or sport

    Antonyms:
    fit, fearful, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  5. gamenoun

    (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

    Antonyms:
    fit, fearful, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  6. gamenoun

    (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

    "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  7. gamenoun

    the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fit, fearful

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  8. plot, secret plan, gamenoun

    a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

    "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

    Antonyms:
    fit, fearful, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, plot of ground, biz, plot, patch, plot of land

  9. gamenoun

    the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

    "the child received several games for his birthday"

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  10. game, biznoun

    your occupation or line of work

    "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  11. gameadjective

    frivolous or trifling behavior

    "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

    Antonyms:
    fit, cowardly, fearful

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

  12. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameadjective

    disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

    Antonyms:
    fearful, fit, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy

  13. game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkyverb

    willing to face danger

    Antonyms:
    fit, fearful, cowardly

    Synonyms:
    spirited, lame, zippy, spicy, granulose, high, gamy, racy, spunky, gimpy, juicy, feisty, blue, mettlesome, coarse-grained, crippled, risque, granular, mealy, bouncy, naughty, gamey, halting, gritty, peppy, enlivened, halt, grainy, bouncing, farinaceous, plucky

  14. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb

    place a bet on

    "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

    Synonyms:
    second, bet on, gage, back, adventure, plump for, impale, support, pole, plunk for, post, hazard, venture, indorse, stake, jeopardize, punt, endorse, back up

How to use game in a sentence?

  1. Andrea Leadsom:

    There is still hope, but I have to say I'm deeply disappointed with what we're hearing coming out of the EU, i do have to ask Andrea Leadsom what game are they playing here.

  2. Monique Lamoureux-Morando:

    We lost the game. I think it was 3-1 and there were seconds left, when I remember (Canada captain) Hayley Wickenheiser nailed Natalie Darwitz, it was offside, and she hit her right after the whistle or during the whistle, depending on who you talk to.

  3. Anima Saikia:

    I've never missed my vote in my life, this is the only time we can do something. The game is in our hand right now.

  4. Judy Rabinovitz:

    This is what they were planning on implementing on a large scale. That would have been a complete game changer in the way our asylum system works.

  5. Nathan Wallick:

    The name of the game is try and knock them down as much as possible and keep them from getting into the Great Lakes.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#71business
#125work
#305game
#508study
#1931fit
#2137labor
#2487duty
#10700grief
#14621sorrow
#18051sadness
#18081cautious
#22989fearful
#35150toil
#38914cowardly
#41646flagging
#62717weariness
#64517uneasiness
#72666drudgery
#119355disinclined

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