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playing

ADJECTIVE

loose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

easy fast lax

STRONG

abandoned corrupt debauched dissipated light playing around swinging wanton

WEAK

disreputable dissolute heedless high living imprudent inconstant lewd libertine licentious negligent out of control profligate rash reckless unchaste unrestrained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chaste strict

STRONG

clean decent moral pure uncorrupt virtuous

ADJECTIVE

performing

Synonyms

STRONG

displaying exhibiting

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

NOUN

dalliance

Synonyms

STRONG

delay idling loafing poking procrastination toying trifling

WEAK

dabbling delaying dilly-dallying frittering frivoling loitering procrastinating puttering

Antonyms

WEAK

hastening hurrying push rush

NOUN

enactment

Synonyms

STRONG

achievement acting depiction execution impersonation performance personation personification portrayal representation

Antonyms

STRONG

failure neglect

WEAK

block disallowance hindrance stop veto

NOUN

recitation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

monologue narration oration recital recounting rendering

STRONG

address appeal delivery discourse discussion exercise lecture passage performance piece proclamation rehearsal report selection speaking talk telling

WEAK

declaiming discoursing holding forth narrating soliloquizing

Antonyms

STRONG

denial quiet refusal silence whole

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And he’s like, “The one where you’re playing Pop-a-Shot basketball.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Depending on where Thomas Tuchel's England team finish in the group stages of the men's World Cup, they may potentially be playing on the day of the wedding.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

You are living your truth, but also playing a role.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Julia Louis-Dreyfus won six consecutive trophies for playing Selina Meyer in “Veep.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

For a moment I thought he was showing off, playing some sort of a wild game.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

playing

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