Antonyms for play games

Grammar : Verb

Spell : geym

Phonetic Transcription : geɪm

Definition of play games

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.

As in machinate : verb maneuver, plot
As in manage : verb accomplish
As in maneuver : verb plan, scheme
As in manipulate : verb change to suit one's desire
As in toy : verb play with
As in one-up : verb trump
As in contrive : verb bring about, succeed with difficulty
As in engineer : verb devise; bring about
As in finesse : verb maneuver, manipulate

Example sentences :

He stands in the courtyard, where the young men used to play games.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Then, with a wave of his hand, he signified to the boys to run out and play games.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

It was a pity he wasn't able to play games with her like some of the others.
Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell

We worked in de day an' had de nights to play games an' have singin's.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various

Now, children, let us sit in a circle and play games and sing songs.
Extract from : « Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades » by Florence Holbrook

Yet, Jack was a boy, and he often longed to play games with the others.
Extract from : « The Hoosier School-boy » by Edward Eggleston

Their elders do not play games with them as much as English people do with their children.
Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

The husband may like to play games, the wife may want to read.
Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague

"I could play games with mother quite as well as you," he said with an angry frown.
Extract from : « Queensland Cousins » by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield

He would not play games with them—his mother had forbidden that.
Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie

Synonyms for play games

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