List of antonyms from "plaintive" to antonyms from "play-actor"


Discover our 315 antonyms available for the terms "play a waiting game, plaster, plaudit, platitudes, Platonist" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « play »

  • noun theater piece
  • noun amusement, entertainment
  • noun latitude, range
  • verb have fun
  • verb compete in sport
  • verb act; take the part of
  • verb gamble, risk
  • verb produce music
Example sentences :
  • To play upon the silver-voiced flute is Theban-like and vulgar.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I'd play that fur the heftiest moral courage I've ever showed, anyway.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Or, you goin' to get her a stack of every colour and let her play with you?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He stood in deep shadow and the girl had been too absorbed in the play to note his coming.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He cries a minute, then forgets all about it, and grabs up something else to play with.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Their work seemed like play, while the play around them seemed like work.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Of course, we all like to play with fire, but I always put it out before it can spread.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • And there is another area where the Federal Government can play a part.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • By this engine, whose springs I am continually oiling, I play them all off.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She was not in the least surprised at not being invited by Evelyn to play chaperon.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower