Playing

//ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ//

Synonyms for "playing" (98 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

17 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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causes

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causes desire

1 entries

derived

2 entries

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

form of

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has prerequisite

6 entries

has property

2 entries

has subevent

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is a

11 entries

related to

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used for

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Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"I feel like playing cards." "So do I."

Source: tatoeba (1527)

Nothing great has been achieved by playing it safe.

Source: tatoeba (2379)

I wish she would stop playing that stupid music.

Source: tatoeba (2470)

You should practice playing the violin every day.

Source: tatoeba (16435)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.