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82 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ plˈe͡ɪ ˌɒn wˈɜːdz], [ plˈeɪ ˌɒn wˈɜːdz], [ p_l_ˈeɪ ˌɒ_n w_ˈɜː_d_z]
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n.
• allusion (noun)
- de-notation,
- de notations,
- in sinuations,
- de-notations,
- re mark,
- de notation,
- in-sinuation,
- re marks,
- re-marks,
- in-sinuations,
- figure speech,
- casual remarks,
- play words,
- incidental mentions,
- in sinuation.
• double entendre (noun)
- double entendre.
• humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase (noun)
- equivocalness,
- bon mot,
- jeu de mots,
- pun.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- inference,
- casual remark,
- incidental mention,
- allusion,
- Re-mark,
- statement,
- remark,
- imputation,
- mention.
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v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- speech.
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Other synonyms:
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- wordplay,
- double meaning.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- punning,
- fun,
- one-liner,
- acrostic,
- crack a joke,
- mot,
- Equivoque,
- jape,
- joke,
- kid around,
- josh,
- palindrome,
- spoonerism,
- corruption,
- gag,
- scintillate,
- sally,
- anagram,
- malapropism,
- ridicule,
- epigram,
- witticism,
- Calembour,
- equivocality,
- poke fun at,
- turn of phrase,
- clever remark,
- make fun,
- Atticism,
- wisecrack,
- make fun of,
- kid,
- Fleer,
- amphiboly,
- sparkle,
- jest,
- abuse of terms,
- scoff at,
- Logogriph,
- conceit,
- paronomasia,
- gibe,
- Jeu D’esprit,
- be merry with,
- amphibologism,
- quip,
- logogram,
- fleer at,
- mock,
- gibe at.
How to use «Play on words» in context?
Playing with words can be entertaining, educational, and even annoying. Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between what is a real word and a play on word. In the following article, we will explore some popular play on words and what they mean.
A play on word is a word that is disguised as another word. The most common form of a play on word is an exercise in word substitution. For example, the word «cat» could be substituted with «hat,» «rat,» or «pan.» These exercises in word substitution can help increase vocabulary and understanding.
Other forms of play on words can be more entertaining.
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abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.
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- PLAY ON WORDS synonyms at Thesaurus.com
- PLAY ON WORDS synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Table of Contents
- What is the word for a play on word?
- What is another word for readability?
- What’s another word for perform?
- What is it called when you use words to describe something?
- What kind of word is describe?
- What is the adjective for friend?
- What is definition of a friend?
- What is Friend full form?
- What are different ways to say friend?
- What’s a word for friends and family?
- What is the root word for friend?
- What is the synonym of the word playful ‘?
- What is another word for listened?
- What is another word for portrays?
- What is another word for describe?
- What is another word for represent?
Similar words for play on words: allusion (noun) double entendre (noun) humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase (noun) other relevant words (noun) other relevant words (verb)
What is another word for readability?
What is another word for readability?
| legibility | comprehensibility |
|---|---|
| decipherability | intelligibility |
| understandability | neatness |
| clarity | plainness |
| legibleness | readableness |
What’s another word for perform?
Some common synonyms of perform are accomplish, achieve, discharge, effect, execute, and fulfill. While all these words mean “to carry out or into effect,” perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements and often connotes special skill.
What is it called when you use words to describe something?
Adjectives describe, identify, or further define nouns and pronouns, there are thousands of these descriptive words at our disposal. We’ve broken them up into lists of adjective according to various functions i.e. their ability to describe touch, color, shape, and emotion.
What kind of word is describe?
transitive verb. 1 : to represent or give an account of in words describe a picture The police asked her to describe the thief.
What is the adjective for friend?
adjective, friend·li·er, friend·li·est. characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting. like a friend; kind; helpful: a little friendly advice. favorably disposed; inclined to approve, help, or support: a friendly bank.
What is definition of a friend?
1 : a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another person. 2 : a person who is not an enemy friend or foe. 3 : a person who helps or supports something She was a friend to environmental causes.
What is Friend full form?
There is no Full form of FRIEND is Few Relation In Earth Never Die, but we can define a FRIEND who is someone other than your family member or lover that you can share a close affection with. In the first type of friendship that is based on utility, people associate with each other for their mutual usefulness.13. apr 2020.
What are different ways to say friend?
other words for friend
- acquaintance.
- associate.
- buddy.
- colleague.
- companion.
- cousin.
- partner.
- roommate.
What’s a word for friends and family?
What is another word for friends and relatives?
| kith and kin | folks |
|---|---|
| kin | kindred |
| kinfolk | kinsfolk |
| kinsmen | relations |
| relatives | clan |
What is the root word for friend?
AMICUS: Latin root meaning “friend”
What is the synonym of the word playful ‘?
whimsical, spirited, impish, frisky, joking, flirtatious, cheerful, good-natured, mischievous, lively, sprightly, tongue-in-cheek, comical, lighthearted, antic, blithe, frolicsome, gay, jaunty, jesting.
What is another word for listened?
What is another word for listened?
| heeded | minded |
|---|---|
| accepted | followed |
| obeyed | watched |
| noticed | paid attention |
| agreed | assented |
What is another word for portrays?
What is another word for portray?
| depict | draw |
|---|---|
| paint | sketch |
| picture | limn |
| render | represent |
| delineate | illustrate |
What is another word for describe?
What is another word for describe?
| relate | report |
|---|---|
| chronicle | recount |
| express | narrate |
| detail | explain |
| illustrate | tell |
What is another word for represent?
What is another word for represent?
| depict | portray |
|---|---|
| illustrate | render |
| show | delineate |
| sketch | express |
| character | define |
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Large English-Russian phrasebook > play on words
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play on words
play on words игра слов, каламбур;
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > play on words
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play on words
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > play on words
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play of words
игра словами, фразёрство; краснобайство ; тж. a play on words
The speeches of Thucydides everywhere exhibit the antitheses, the climaxes, the plays of words… of the rhetoriciain. (B. Jowett, ‘Thucydides’, OED) — Речи Фукидида изобилуют антитезами, нарастаниями и прочими словесными фокусами риторики.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > play of words
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play of words
игpa cлoвaми, фpaзёpcтвo, кpacнoбaйcтвo (
нe cмeшивaть
c pуccк. игpa cлoв cм. a play on words)
The speeches of Thucydides everywhere exhibit the antitheses, the climaxes, the plays of words of the rhetorician (B. Jowett)
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > play of words
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > play on words
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > play of words
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > play on words
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play upon words
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > play upon words
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play on words
игра слов, каламбур
каламбурить
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > play on words
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play upon words
игра слов, каламбур
каламбурить
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > play upon words
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play on words
игра слов, каламбур
* * *
1. игра слов
2. каламбуритьНовый англо-русский словарь > play on words
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Новый англо-русский словарь > play upon words
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a play on words
To a Latin or French speaker the name of Urse might have suggested an easy play upon words. (E. Freeman, ‘The History of the Norman Conquest’, ch. XVIII) — Для человека, говорящего на латыни или по-французски, имя Урс легко становилось источником каламбуров.
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a play upon words
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(a) play of words
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) play of words
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a play on words
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > a play on words
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a play upon words
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play
play [pleɪ]
1) игра́; заба́ва;
2) мане́ра игры́, игра́
3) пье́са, дра́ма; представле́ние, спекта́кль;
4) де́йствие, де́ятельность;
5) свобо́да, просто́р;
6) движе́ние
7) аза́ртная игра́
перели́вы, игра́;9)
тех.
зазо́р; игра́; люфт; свобо́дный ход; шата́ние (части механизма, прибора)
1) игра́ть, резви́ться, забавля́ться;
2) игра́ть на музыка́льном инструме́нте;
4) приводи́ть в де́йствие, пуска́ть;
5) игра́ть (в
кино
, театре);
6) дава́ть представле́ние ( о труппе)
7) игра́ть роль (кого-л.), быть (кем-л.);
сыгра́ть ( шутку), разыгра́ть;9) игра́ть в аза́ртные и́гры
10) игра́ть (на чём-л.), воспо́льзоваться (чем-л.);
to play in favour of smb., smth. благоприя́тствовать кому́-л., чему́-л.
11) игра́ть (во что-л., на что-л.), уча́ствовать в игре́;
12) подходи́ть для игры́, быть в хоро́шем состоя́нии;
14) ходи́ть (шашкой, картой)
15)
спорт.
отбива́ть, подава́ть ( мяч)
16) порха́ть, носи́ться; танцева́ть;
17) бить ( о фонтане); перелива́ться, игра́ть; мелька́ть;
18) притворя́ться, прики́дываться
19) направля́ть ( свет
и т.п.
; on, over, along — на что-л.); обстре́ливать (on, upon);
20) дать (вре́мя) ( рыбе) хорошо́ клю́нуть
21)
разг.
поступа́ть, де́йствовать;
22) свобо́дно владе́ть;
а) манипули́ровать, подтасо́вывать;
б)
разг.
заводи́ть любо́вную интри́жку;
а) натра́вливать ( against — на);
б) сыгра́ть повто́рную па́ртию по́сле ничье́й;
play on игра́ть (на чьих-л. чувствах);
а) разы́грывать (кого-л.);
б) капри́зничать, пристава́ть;
в) стара́ться игра́ть как мо́жно лу́чше;
д) вести́ себя́ му́жественно, герои́чески;
to play into the hands of smb. сыгра́ть на́ руку кому́-л.
;
to play it low on smb. разг. по́дло поступи́ть по отноше́нию к кому́-л.
;
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > play
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play upon
play upon играть (на чьих-л. чувствах); to play upon words каламбурить;Politicians often win votes by playing upon the electors’ distrust of theparty in power.
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > play upon
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play upon words — play on words or play upon words noun A pun or other manipulation of words depending on their sound • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * play on words or play upon words, = pun. (Cf. ↑pun) … Useful english dictionary
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play with words/language — to use words that sound similar or that have several different meanings especially in a clever or funny way a writer who enjoys playing with words • • • Main Entry: ↑play … Useful english dictionary
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play with words — see ↑play, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑word … Useful english dictionary
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play upon words — index distort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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play on words — play′ on words′ n. a pun or the act of punning … From formal English to slang
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play on words — n. a pun or punning … English World dictionary
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Play On Words (game) — Infobox Game title = Play on Words image link = image caption = Game and Packaging designer = illustrator = publisher = Winning Moves players = 1 to 4 ages = 8 and up setup time = 2 minutes playing time = 2 15 minutes, depending on number of… … Wikipedia
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play on words — a pun or the act of punning. * * * play on words or play upon words noun A pun or other manipulation of words depending on their sound • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * play on words or play upon words, = pun. (Cf. ↑pun) … Useful english dictionary
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play on words — plays on words N COUNT: usu a N in sing A play on words is the same as a pun … English dictionary
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play on words — See a play on words … English idioms
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play on words — a humorous use of a word to suggest a different meaning There are many cases of using a play on words in the newspaper headlines … Idioms and examples
Словосочетания
play on words — игра слов, каламбур
a play on words — игра слов; каламбур
play (up)on words — игра слов, каламбур
a play on /upon/ words — игра слов, каламбур
Автоматический перевод
игра слов
Перевод по словам
play — играть, исполнять, разыгрывать, игра, пьеса, спектакль, зазор, действие, люфт
on — на, по, о, в, об, согласно, левая сторона
word — слово, известие, речь, обещание, текст, вести, сформулировать, выражать словами
Дополнение / ошибка
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