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Synonyms for game
geɪmgame
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Wiktionary
gamenoun
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racketgameadjective
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racketgamenoun
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.
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courageous, sporting, disposed, willing, valiant, favorable, daring, nervyAntonyms:
cautious, disinclinedgamenoun
A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
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linegamenoun
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entertainment, gaiety, prank, recreation, merrymaking, diversion, amusement, spree, gambol, fun, frolic, festivity, pastime, sport, lark, merriment, playAntonyms:
labor, work, toil, grief, drudgery, sorrow, sadness, uneasinessgamenoun
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wargame
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Princeton's WordNet
gamenoun
a contest with rules to determine a winner
"you need four people to play this game"
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
a single play of a sport or other contest
"the game lasted two hours"
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
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"
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
animal hunted for food or sport
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
"the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
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secret plan, biz, plotgamenoun
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
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secret plan, biz, plotplot, 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"
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secret plan, plot of ground, biz, plot, patch, plot of landgamenoun
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
"the child received several games for his birthday"
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secret plan, biz, plotgame, biznoun
your occupation or line of work
"he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
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secret plan, biz, plotgameadjective
frivolous or trifling behavior
"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
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secret plan, biz, plotcrippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameadjective
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
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mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpygame, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkyverb
willing to face danger
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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, pluckybet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
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second, bet on, gage, back, adventure, plump for, impale, support, pole, plunk for, post, hazard, venture, indorse, stake, jeopardize, punt, endorse, back up
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
gamenoun
gamenoun
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plan, scheme, enterprise, adventure, undertaking, measuregamenoun
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animals of the chasegamenoun
gameadjective
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courageous, brave, resolute, unflinching, fearless, valorous, chivalrous, dauntless, intrepid, gallant, heroicgameverb
Synonyms:
gamble, play for money
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
gameadjective
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plucky, resolute, unyielding, courageous, unflinching, indomitable, undaunted, unconquerable, crippled, lame, crooked, deformedgamenoun
Synonyms:
play, amusement, pastime, diversion, fun, sport, contest, prey, quarry, scheme, plan, project, undertaking, enterprise, stratagem
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How to use game in a sentence?
All year long and every single night he gives us a chance to win, he came up really big for us tonight, just like he has all year. We got full trust in him every time no matter what the situation is, we know we got him back there. He’s always ready to make those big saves for us. He kept us in that game, he kept it tight.
Before this week my game was really good. Just my putter wasn't good enough. Starting this week, my putter was working really well.
For me, and for many of my teammates, the injustices, violence, death and systemic racism is deeply personal. This is impacting not only my community, but very directly my family and friends. Our team voted unanimously not to play tonight we understand the The Mariners decision to postpone tonight's game and we support the players' efforts to use their platform to bring awareness to the very serious issue of racial injustice impacting our country today.
It didn't seem like there was any overall game plan that made sense in terms of a systematic investigation, one of the things I'd asked them to do from the first couple weeks is now impossible to do -- to do a hotel-motel canvas looking for the mystery woman seen with Ray and then match the names with photo IDs which police have access to.
I think the whole game we weren't playing with any intensity, we were just out there thinking we were supposed to win and they were taking advantage of that. We got down 10 (points) and the crowd was going crazy and we finally started playing with that intensity.
Translations for game
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- لعبهArabic
- hraCzech
- spilDanish
- SpielGerman
- παιχνίδιGreek
- ludoEsperanto
- juegoSpanish
- بازیPersian
- peliFinnish
- JeuFrench
- cluicheIrish
- खेलHindi
- játszma, meccsHungarian
- խաղArmenian
- permainanIndonesian
- giocoItalian
- מִשְׂחָקHebrew
- ゲームJapanese
- ಆಟKannada
- 경기Korean
- venatusLatin
- spelDutch
- spillNorwegian
- graPolish
- jocRomanian
- играRussian
- spelSwedish
- விளையாட்டுTamil
- ఆటTelugu
- เกมThai
- oyunTurkish
- граUkrainian
- کھیلUrdu
- trò chơiVietnamese
- שפּילYiddish
- 遊戲Chinese
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