Synonyms: game
Definition: an amusement or pastime
Usage: they played word games; he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time; his life was all fun and games
Similar words: diversion, recreation
Definition: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
Usage: scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists; for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles; drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
Synonyms: game
Definition: a contest with rules to determine a winner
Usage: you need four people to play this game
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: game
Definition: a single play of a sport or other contest
Usage: the game lasted two hours
Similar words: competition, contest
Definition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Synonyms: game
Definition: frivolous or trifling behavior
Usage: for actors, memorizing lines is no game; for him, life is all fun and games
Similar words: caper, frolic, gambol, romp, play
Definition: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
Usage: it was all done in play; their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
Definition: your occupation or line of work
Usage: he's in the plumbing game; she's in show biz
Similar words: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Synonyms: game
Definition: animal hunted for food or sport
Similar words: animal, animate being, beast, fauna, brute, creature
Definition: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Synonyms: game
Definition: the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
Usage: the child received several games for his birthday
Similar words: game equipment
Definition: equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
Synonyms: plot, game, secret plan
Definition: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Usage: they concocted a plot to discredit the governor; I saw through his little game from the start
Synonyms: game
Definition: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
Similar words: meat
Definition: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Synonyms: game
Definition: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
Usage: the game is 6 all; he is serving for the game
Similar words: score
Definition: a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
Usage: the score was 7 to 0
Synonyms: game
Definition: (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
Similar words: part, section, division
Definition: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Usage: the written part of the exam; the finance section of the company; the BBC's engineering division
Synonyms: punt, stake, gage, game, back, bet on
Definition: place a bet on
Usage: Which horse are you backing?; I'm betting on the new horse
Similar words: play, bet, wager
Definition: stake on the outcome of an issue
Usage: I bet $100 on that new horse; She played all her money on the dark horse
Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, mettlesome, gritty, spirited, spunky
Definition: willing to face danger
Similar words: courageous, brave
Definition: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Usage: Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring- Herman Melville; a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain- William Wordsworth; set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
Synonyms: gimpy, halt, halting, game, lame, crippled
Definition: disabled in the feet or legs
Usage: a crippled soldier; a game leg
Similar words: unfit
Definition: not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
Usage: fat and very unfit; certified as unfit for army service; drunk and unfit for service