Play

Noun

 * 1)  Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
 * 2) The conduct, or course of a game.
 * 3)  An individual's performance in a sport or game.
 * 4)  (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
 * 5)  A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
 * 6)  A theatrical performance featuring actors.
 * 7)  A major move by a business.
 * 8)  A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
 * 9)  The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
 * 10)  Sexual role-playing.
 * 11)   A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

Synonyms

 * drama

Verb

 * 1)  To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation.
 * 2)  To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
 * 3)  To perform in a sport.
 * 4)  To participate in the game indicated.
 * 5)  To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
 * 6)  To produce music using a musical instrument.
 * 7)  To produce music on the indicated musical instrument.
 * 8)  To produce music, the indicated song or style, with a musical instrument.
 * 9)  To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
 * 10)  Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.

Adjectives for Play
(general) amorous; much-performed; immortal; informal; infant; unfair; melodramatic; morality; careless; idle; htful; miracle; steady; dignified; devilish; painful; boisterous; prismatic; swift; touching; tempestuous; superficial; fantastic; foul; hampered; harmless; firing; delightful; blithe; imaginative; heedless; stately; heroic; illimitable; desperate; unmatched; prophetic; varying; vivid; frivolous; stodgy; unusual; freak; ceaseless deft; interminable; tragic; somber; witless ambitious; wretched; immoral; mutual brawling; rousing; petty; thin; diplomatic meaningless; jocund; contemporary; clever dubious; radical; cut-and-thrust; clumsy uncontrollable; well-arranged; rapid; supernatural.

Verbs for Play
(theatrical) acclaim—; attend—; commend—; criticize—; revive—; sponsor—; stage—; —bores; —charms; —diverts; —endears; —grips; — holds forth at; —impresses; —intrigues.

Adverbs for Play
fervidly; cleverly; amorously; informally; boisterously; tempestuously; witlessly; blithely; frivolously; immorally; idly; brawlingly; jocundly; clumsily; angelically; capriciously; fantastically; seductively; incomparably; demurely; caressingly; adroitly; recklessly; melodiously; diligently; exquisitely.

Thesaurus
abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, act up, acting, action, actions, activism, activity, ad lib, affect, agree, air space, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, ample scope, amuse, amusement, angular data, ante, ante up, antic, antimasque, ape, appear, apple-polish, appliance, application, article, artifice, assembler, assume, attention, audience success, autograph, back, ball, ballet, barnstorm, be effective, be in action, be occupied with, be responsible for, be unfaithful, beguile, behave, behavior, belittle, belly laugh, bet, bet on, betting, bicker, big time, binary digit, binary scale, binary system, bit, blank check, blue story, bluff, bomb, book, bout, brainchild, broadcast drama, brown-nose, bug, build up, burlesque show, butter up, byte, calculated risk, call, call attention to, caper, caracole, cardsharping, carouse, carry on, carry out, carry through, carte blanche, cast lots, casting lots, cause trouble, cavort, challenge, chance, charade, chord, chunk, clearance, cliff hanger, closet drama, come out, comedy drama, command pulses, commands, compete with, compiler, composition, computer code, computer language, computer printout, computer program, concertize, conduct, consider, contend with, contest, control signals, controlled quantity, cooperate, copy, coquet, correcting signals, counterfeit, court, cover, cover up, coverage, critical success, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut lots, cut the cards, cut up, dabble, dally, dance, dancing, data, daytime serial, de-emphasize, deal with, decathlon, decry, delay, delectation, delight, demeanor, depict, deportment, deprecate, device, dialogue, dido, diminish, direct, dirty joke, dirty story, discourse, disparage, disport, dissemble, dissimulate, diversion, divert, do, do a bit, do with, document, documentary drama, doing, double entendre, double-header, doubles, draft, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatize, draw lots, draw straws, drive, 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gasser, get top billing, gimmick, give, giveaway, glancing light, go, go along with, good one, good story, good time, great fun, gush, handbook, handle, happening, have effect, have free play, have fun, have play, hazard, hazarding, headroom, hesitate, hexadecimal system, high old time, high time, highlight, histrionize, hit, hit show, holograph, horse around, horseplay, howler, idle, impersonate, impose on, improvisational drama, improvise, information, input data, input quantity, instructions, interpret, jape, jerk off, jest, jestbook, jet, jockey, join in, joke, kid around, lambency, latitude, laugh, laughs, lay, lay a wager, lay down, leeway, legitimate drama, let on, let on like, letter, light show, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, loiter, long rope, looseness, lot, lovely time, luck, lucubration, machine language, make, make a bet, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make go, make light of, make like, make music, make out like, make use of, malfunction, manage, maneuver, maneuvering space, manipulate, manuscript, margin, masque, masquerade as, match, match coins, matter, meet, meet a bet, melodrama, merrymaking, mess around, mess with, message, militate, mime, mimic, minimize, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, misbehave, misuse, monkey, monkey around, monkey business, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, motion, move, movement, movements, multiple messages, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, no holds barred, noise, nonfiction, numeric data, occupation, octal system, open space, opera, operate, operation, operations, opus, original, oscillograph data, output data, output quantity, overact, pageant, panel show, panic, pantomime, paper, parchment, parlay, participate, participate in, pass, pass for, pastoral, pastoral drama, patter, pentathlon, percolate, perform, perform on, perk, personate, philander, picnic, piddle, piece, piece of writing, pilot, place, play a part, play a scene, play 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shoot craps, shot, show, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, signals, simulate, single messages, singles, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skip, skit, skylarking, sleep around, smatter, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, soft-soap, sortition, space, spare room, spectacle, speculate, speculation, spew, spit, sport, sporting, sportiveness, spotlight, spout, spray, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stage play, stage show, stake, staking, stall for time, stand pat, star, steal the show, steer, stooge, story, straight drama, stratagem, stress, success, suck up to, surge, suspense drama, swing, symphonize, tableau, tableau vivant, take, take advantage of, take care of, take effect, take off, take on, take part in, take up, talk show, tease, teleplay, television drama, television play, temporize, the written word, theater of cruelty, think about, think nothing of, threesome, tick, tinker, toady to, tolerance, tomfoolery, toss, total theater, toy, toy with, trade on, transcript, transcription, tread the boards, treatment, trifle, trifle with, trip, troupe, truckle to, tug the heartstrings, twiddle, twosome, typescript, uncertainty, underline, underscore, undertake, unorganized data, upstage, use, utilize, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, venture, version, vie with, visible-speech data, visual joke, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, wager, wagering, waver, way, wear, well, wheeze, wide berth, wield, wile, wing it, womanize, word-of-mouth success, work, work together, working, workings, wow, writing, yarn