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, game

   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, game

    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, game

    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, game

    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, game, 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. Stephen Curry:

   I think fans really resonate with that. They really love the way Gary Payton approaches the game, Gary Payton energy, gary Payton changes games without having really crazy scoring outputs … You just get so much energy watching Gary Payton defend and disrupt and do all that type of stuff. Jayson Tatum( 0) of the Boston Celtics dribbles against Gary Payton II( 0) of the Golden State Warriors during the second quarter in Game 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals at Chase Center June 5, 2022, in San Francisco. ( Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images).

2. Brian MacLellan:

   He has a passion for the game, for goal-scoring, and I think that’ll carry over over the next five years.

3. Ardie Sayers:

   Like the doctor at the Mayo Clinic said, 'Yes, a part of this has to be on football,' it wasn't so much getting hit in the head. ... It's just the shaking of the brain when they took him down with the force they play the game in.

4. Buffalo Bills:

   I’m just trying to be the best version of myself - I’m not trying to compare to the other three guys who arguably (are) some of the best guys to play the game that are left, this is the next step for Josh.

5. Keith Mitchell:

   The game, I always say, is 80 percent mental, so anything we can do to reboot the mind — I call it a meditation and I teach it as a mind practice — that’s just going to make you even more impactful, more effective on your endeavors.