Antonyms for game
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : geym |
| Phonetic Transcription : geɪm |
Definition of game
Origin :- Old English gamen "game, joy, fun, amusement," common Germanic (cf. Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman, Old Saxon, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), regarded as identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga- collective prefix + *mann "person," giving a sense of "people together."
- Meaning "contest played according to rules" is first attested c.1300. Sense of "wild animals caught for sport" is late 13c.; hence fair game (1825), also gamey. Game plan is 1941, from U.S. football; game show first attested 1961.
- adj brave, willing
- adj debilitated
- noun entertainment
- noun individual sporting event
- noun undomesticated animals chased for food
- noun plot, trick
- You know about this end of the game, and I'll have to be led entirely by you.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It takes a man with some of the brains your pa had to make the game pay now.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The fun and the excitement of the game are more than the game.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I don't pretend to understand your game, but you may rely on my secrecy.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You'll get into the game all right, and I'll see that you have a good time.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- One time he landed in Pocatello when there wa'n't but one game in town.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And that's why I'm outlastin' a lot of the boys and still gettin' my fun out of the game.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It's a good game if that's the kind of a game you're huntin' fur.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- In cloudy weather you can improvise a game on the dining-room table.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- Just take a few letters and see the way this game is played.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Synonyms for game
- adventure
- ailing
- amusement
- athletics
- bad
- bold
- business
- butt
- chase
- competition
- contest
- courageous
- crippled
- dauntless
- deformed
- derision
- design
- desirous
- device
- disabled
- disposed
- distraction
- diversion
- dogged
- eager
- enterprise
- fearless
- festivity
- fish
- fowl
- frolic
- fun
- gallant
- hardy
- heroic
- hoax
- incapacitated
- inclined
- injured
- interested
- intrepid
- jest
- joke
- kill
- lame
- lark
- line
- maimed
- match
- meat
- meeting
- merriment
- merrymaking
- nervy
- object of ridicule
- occupation
- pastime
- persevering
- persistent
- plan
- play
- ploy
- plucky
- practical joke
- prank
- prepared
- prey
- proceeding
- pursuit
- quarry
- ravin
- ready
- recreation
- resolute
- romp
- round
- scheme
- spirited
- sport
- sports
- spunky
- stratagem
- strategy
- tactic
- tournament
- unafraid
- undertaking
- unflinching
- up for
- valiant
- valorous
- victim
- weak
- wild animals
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