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. Harry Leon Wilson:

   Golf has too much walking to be a good game, and just enough game to spoil a good walk.

2. Walt Whitman:

   I see great things in baseball. It's our game--the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.

3. M. C. Escher:

   My work is a game, a very serious game.

4. Larry Leverenz:

   You're not going to change the game. You are not going to get rid of the game, at least. So how can you make changes that keep the spirit of the game there, keep players enjoying, keep fans enjoying the game but at the same time be safe.

5. Jamie Squire/Getty Images:

   I think it's going to be close. I don't know if they have enough magic left. I mean, what they've done to get here, it's been a shock. There's so much talent on that LA Rams team. There is so much depth. There’s so much star power. There’s game-changers, jalen Ramsey can change the game in one interception for a touchdown. Aaron Donald can change the game in one sack. Von Miller has taken over a Super Bowl (in the past). They have so many game-changing, game-wrecking players everywhere. There’s so many players in that defense, and it’s tough to overcome.