Synonyms for toy
tɔɪtoy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. toyverb

   Synonyms:
   play, fondle, caress, sport, frolic, dally, trifle

2. toynoun

   Synonyms:
   bauble, trifle, bagatelle, gewgaw, plaything

   Antonyms:
   implement, utensil, weapon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. plaything, toynoun

   an artifact designed to be played with

   Synonyms:
   plaything, toy dog, miniature

2. toynoun

   a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)

   "a toy stove"

   Synonyms:
   plaything, toy dog, miniature

3. toynoun

   a device regarded as providing amusement

   "private airplanes are a rich man's toy"

   Synonyms:
   plaything, toy dog, miniature

4. miniature, toynoun

   a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

   Synonyms:
   miniature, plaything, toy dog, illumination

5. toy dog, toyverb

   any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

   Synonyms:
   miniature, plaything, toy dog

6. dally, toy, play, flirtverb

   behave carelessly or indifferently

   "Play about with a young girl's affection"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, make for, bring, wager, flirt, play, dally, work, meet, take on, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, wreak, dawdle, bet, roleplay, playact, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, philander, act, represent, mash, chat up, encounter, trifle, act as

7. toy, fiddle, diddle, playverb

   manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

   "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

   Synonyms:
   rook, swindle, fiddle, bet, spiel, act, victimize, bring, gip, shirk, goldbrick, tamper, wager, run, con, flirt, trifle, diddle, monkey, meet, tinker, gyp, roleplay, dally, act as, playact, encounter, make for, defraud, hornswoggle, play, represent, nobble, bunco, short-change, recreate, work, take on, scam, wreak, mulct, shrink from

8. play, toyverb

   engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

   "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, make for, act, flirt, play, represent, work, dally, wager, wreak, take on, bet, roleplay, playact, run, fiddle, diddle, meet, spiel, act as, bring, encounter, trifle

Matched Categories

1. • Behave
   • Copy
   • Device
   • Replica

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. toynoun

   Synonyms:
   plaything, bawble, gewgaw, trinket, knicknack, gimcrack, JIGGUM-BOB

2. toynoun

   Synonyms:
   trifle, bagatelle, bubble, small matter

3. toyverb

   Synonyms:
   trifle, dally, sport, wanton, play

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. toynoun

   Synonyms:
   gimcrack, plaything, trinket, kickshaw, bauble, teetotum, gewgaw

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "toy":

   toys, plaything, play

NicknamesRate these nicknames:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of known nicknames for "Toy":

   Valentine, Toy, Toy Valentine

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How to use toy in a sentence?

1. Peter DeFazio:

   We're worried about the 2 million people who bought or got toy drones for Christmas the last couple of years who are regularly flying in violation of the law.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   We look through the sights, squeeze the trigger and the toy soldiers go flying, dying hard but smiling in the process. The toy maker should be laughing the whole way to the bank but Nietzsche said he was dead too.

3. Richard Gottlieb:

   My attitude towards it is, what took the toy industry so long to figure this out ?

4. Gabriele Zucconi:

   A guy who can buy a multimillion euro toy is supposed to be somebody who knows his business and who knows how to run it.

5. Paul Lavery:

   We got Paul Lavery five years ago and we just fell in love with him at first sight and brought him home. For us, we didnt know he knew any tricks, we tried teaching him to sit, lie down, roll over and he wasnt interested, when he was about two years old I sat a chicken toy on his head and he just sat there looking at it really still, Paul Lavery claimed.