Synonyms for game
geɪmgame

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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.

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

   Antonyms:
   cautious, disinclined

4. gamenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   line

5. gamenoun

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

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

6. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   wargame

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1. game

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

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

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1. gamenoun

   a contest with rules to determine a winner

   "you need four people to play this game"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   fearful, cowardly, fit

2. gamenoun

   a single play of a sport or other contest

   "the game lasted two hours"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   fearful, fit, cowardly

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"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, fit, fearful

4. gamenoun

   animal hunted for food or sport

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   fit, fearful, cowardly

5. gamenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   fit, fearful, cowardly

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"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, fearful, fit

7. gamenoun

   the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, fit, fearful

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   fit, fearful, cowardly

9. gamenoun

   the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

   "the child received several games for his birthday"

   Synonyms:
   secret plan, biz, plot

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, fearful, fit

10. game, biznoun

    your occupation or line of work

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

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

11. gameadjective

    frivolous or trifling behavior

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

    Synonyms:
    secret plan, biz, plot

    Antonyms:
    fit, cowardly, fearful

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

    disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

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

    Antonyms:
    fearful, fit, cowardly

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

    willing to face danger

    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

    Antonyms:
    fit, fearful, cowardly

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

    place a bet on

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

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

    Antonyms:
    cowardly, fearful, fit

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Animal
   • Contest
   • Diversion
   • Division
   • Game
   • Game Equipment
   • Meat
   • Occupation
   • Scheme
   • Score
   • Tennis

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1. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   sport, play, amusement, pastime

2. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   plan, scheme, enterprise, adventure, undertaking, measure

3. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   animals of the chase

4. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   quarry, prey

5. gameadjective

   Synonyms:
   courageous, brave, resolute, unflinching, fearless, valorous, chivalrous, dauntless, intrepid, gallant, heroic

6. gameverb

   Synonyms:
   gamble, play for money

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1. gameadjective

   Synonyms:
   plucky, resolute, unyielding, courageous, unflinching, indomitable, undaunted, unconquerable, crippled, lame, crooked, deformed

2. gamenoun

   Synonyms:
   play, amusement, pastime, diversion, fun, sport, contest, prey, quarry, scheme, plan, project, undertaking, enterprise, stratagem

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1. List of paraphrases for "game":

   stake, gaming, match, play, set, games, hra, hunting, jeu, gambling, playing, ballgame, caza, sport, party, sets, part, deck, gameplay, hunt, matches, involved

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1. Jon Rahm:

   A lot of it honestly, is the short game. It's hard to hit all the fairways. It's hard to hit all the greens. You have to grind out the pars and make the best of the few birdie putts you have.

2. Theodore Dreiser, quoting an unnamed newspaper editor:

   Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.

3. Gordon Hayward:

   Shes been good as far as just the experience she has as a basketball player, reading the game and kind of little things she sees coaching on the sideline. Having somebody that well-versed in basketball, that experience is good.

4. Ryan Graves:

   A little bit of life and then we give up the next one, i think we just have to do a better job of managing the game. ... Everyone can look within and there’s things that we can all do to make the game a bit easier. We’re making the game kind of tough on ourselves right now.

5. Gary Bettman:

   It's not a coincidence that the last decade-plus we haven't had a World Cup because we haven't had anybody to deal with on a long-term stable basis at the union to make decisions that had to be made to do an international tournament, the fact that we're now in a situation where there's a strong union, which I believe is important and a good thing, we can pursue mutual goals and objectives to build the game.