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Noun
Example: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”
Synonyms: object, relic
Antonyms: natural object
Verb
Example: “Children frolic in the park.”
Synonyms: play, jump around
Antonyms: mourn
Example: “The cups are in the cabinet.”
Synonyms: cupboard, storage unit
Antonyms: open shelf
Example: “My keyboard is black.”
Synonyms: typing board
Antonyms: mouse
Example: “I like to play chess.”
Synonyms: board game
Antonyms: football
Example: “He plays a musical instrument.”
Synonyms: tool, device
Antonyms: voice
Example: “The director is in the office.”
Synonyms: manager, leader
Antonyms: employee
Example: “We play a game.”
Synonyms: match, play
Antonyms: work
Example: “The child has a toy.”
Synonyms: plaything
Antonyms: tool
Example: “The children play in the garden.”
Synonyms: yard
Example: “I play football in the afternoon.”
Synonyms: daytime
Antonyms: morning, night
Example: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”
Synonyms: mastery, brilliance
Antonyms: clumsiness, mediocrity
Adjective
Example: “He displayed the proverbial patience of a teacher.”
Synonyms: well-known, famous
Antonyms: unfamiliar, unusual
Example: “The player faced suspension after the incident.”
Synonyms: pause, temporary ban
Antonyms: continuation, reinstatement
Example: “She wrote the screenplay for the film.”
Synonyms: script
Antonyms:
Adverb
Example: “She played the role believably.”
Synonyms: convincingly, plausibly
Antonyms: unconvincingly, badly
Example: “He hurt his jaw while playing sports.”
Synonyms: mouth bone
Example: “She is very fond of music.”
Synonyms: loving, keen on
Antonyms: dislike
Example: “The kids were playing outside.”
Synonyms: child
Antonyms: adult
Example: “He hurt his arm while playing football.”
Synonyms: limb
Antonyms: leg
Example: “Good sportsmanship is as important as winning.”
Synonyms: fair play
Antonyms: cheating
Example: “It was brave of her to speak the truth.”
Synonyms: courageous
Antonyms: cowardly
Example: “He played badly in the first half.”
Synonyms: poorly
Antonyms: well
Example: “Please show me your drawing.”
Synonyms: display
Antonyms: hide
Example: “She has an important role in the play.”
Synonyms: part
Example: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”
Synonyms: pretension, artifice
Antonyms: naturalness, sincerity
Example: “The studio expected the movie to become a summer blockbuster.”
Synonyms: hit, smash success
Antonyms: flop, failure
Example: “That young actor became a star very quickly.”
Synonyms: celebrity, sun-like body
Antonyms: ordinary person
Example: “The children played in the sand for hours.”
Synonyms: fine grains
Antonyms: rock
Example: “The screenwriter adapted the novel for film.”
Synonyms: scriptwriter
Example: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”
Synonyms: main character
Antonyms: antagonist
Example: “The museum displayed a relic from ancient times.”
Synonyms: artifact
Example: “She plays the flute in a band.”
Example: “I hurt my elbow while playing.”
Example: “I read the script.”
Synonyms: text
Preposition
Example: “The children are playing outside.”
Synonyms: outdoors
Antonyms: inside
/tʃaɪld/
Example: “The child is playing.”
Synonyms: kid, minor
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