Synonyms for marbles
mar·bles

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1. marblesnoun

   a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)

   Synonyms:
   wits

2. wits, marblesnoun

   the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception

   "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"

   Synonyms:
   wits

Matched Categories

1. • Child's Game
   • Intelligence

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1. List of paraphrases for "marbles":

   logs, beads, pellets

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How to use marbles in a sentence?

1. Brooks Hays:

   Fill your mouth with marbles and make a speech. Every day reduce the number of marbles in your mouth and make a speech. You will soon become an accredited public speaker -- as soon as you have lost all your marbles.

2. Stewart Rhodes:

   Almost every gun owner I spoke to is very concerned that this is for all the marbles and we're heading for a civil war.

3. Rick Hutcheon:

   People have given up on this year, now they're looking at what they're going to do for next year, are things in fact going to get better and if so, at what stage do you step in and put a few marbles on some bets.

4. Carolyn Fong/Redux for CNN:

   It felt like if someone was throwing marbles at you or something like that … with just little pings, then there’s the, ‘Oh my gosh, this is it.’ There’s a searing burn, and then there’s an ache.

5. Jim Manley:

   There is no more clarifying debate in politics these days then when it comes to Supreme Court nominees, this now is for all the marbles.