Wordplay

Synonyms for "wordplay" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (11)

Noun(3 words)
double meaningjokelinguistic humor

Related words (19)

Noun(9 words)
paronomasiaplay on wordsplayful languagepunningpunswitswoodchucksword gameword puzzle
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
educational activityfunlinguistic phenomenonliterary deviceplaypuzzlerhetorical techniquesport

More specific

7 entries

Collocations

6 entries
clever wordplaycreative wordplayplay on wordswordplay activitywordplay gamewordplay puzzle

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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Not even his father was spared from his wordplay.

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There was a lot of wordplay.

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Wordplay is not horseplay.

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The super computer bested veteran Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in all categories: the arts, popular culture, science, geography, wordplay and more.

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