What are some opposite words for play around?
Antonyms for play aroundplay around
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play aroundverb
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.
Stop playing around, and get on with your homework.
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To work with in a non-serious manner
You could build even more interesting components called amplifiers and begin playing around with amplifiers.
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.
Synonyms:
fool around
Princeton's WordNet
play around, fool aroundverb
commit adultery
"he plays around a lot"
Synonyms:
arse around, fool around, fool, horse around, dabble, smatterdabble, smatter, play aroundverb
work with in an amateurish manner
"She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
Synonyms:
fool around, splash around, babble, blether, smatter, blather, dabble, paddle, blither
How to use play around in a sentence?
That’s what makes smartphones great, you can bend over with them, lay on the ground, just play around.
This is another point of negotiation between partners, one of them is just too exhausted. That might be something to play around with, is there a time on the weekend that we could try instead.
This is nothing to play around with, those who stick around and experience storm surge are less likely to live to tell about it.
The game changer for distillers is the infusion chamber which allows a distiller to play around with infused spirits using their normal wash or low wine, want to make an avocado/mint-infused vodka? You can pilot it on the PicSstill using only a couple gallons of wash or low wine. There is nothing like else like this on the market today that is as agile or automated.
Photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart:
There is actually nothing to do in the center, and that means that even though there would be a (soccer ball) there, they wouldn't play around because they are afraid. And even though (some of the migrants) of course have a lot of energy, they cannot use it.
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