All game synonyms

noun game

• plot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• tournament — a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.
• competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
• meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
• round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
• match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
• sports — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
• meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
• quarry — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
• fowl — the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl.
• fish — (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• victim — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
• prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
• chase — If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
• stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
• ploy — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
• strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
• hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
• derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• tactic — tactics (def 1).
• butt — Someone's butt is their bottom.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• prank — a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
• adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
• pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
• jest — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
• occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
• proceeding — proceeds. something that results or accrues. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
• lark — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
• frolic — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
• festivity — a festive celebration or occasion.
• merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
• merriment — cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
• diversion — the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
• pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• distraction — the act of distracting.
• recreation — the act of creating anew.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• romp — to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
• fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.