English dictionary

game

/g/eI/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Crooked; lame; as, a <i>game</i> leg.

adjective

Source: webster1913
Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a contest with rules to determine a winner

noun.act

Examples
You need four people to play this game.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a single play of a sport or other contest

noun.act

Examples
The game lasted two hours.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an amusement or pastime

noun.act

Examples
They played word games.

He thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time.

His life was all fun and games.

Source: WordNet 3.0
animal hunted for food or sport

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

noun.time

Source: WordNet 3.0
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

noun.quantity

Examples
The game is 6 all.

He is serving for the game.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

noun.food

Source: WordNet 3.0
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

noun.cognition

Examples
I saw through his little game from the start.

Synonyms plot secret plan

Source: WordNet 3.0
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

noun.artifact

Examples
The child received several games for his birthday.

Source: WordNet 3.0
your occupation or line of work

noun.act

Examples
He's in the plumbing game.

Synonyms biz

Source: WordNet 3.0
frivolous or trifling behavior

noun.act

Examples
For actors, memorizing lines is no game.

For him, life is all fun and games.

Source: WordNet 3.0
Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

noun

Source: webster1913

place a bet on

verb.competition

Synonyms back bet on gage punt stake

Source: WordNet 3.0
To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

verb

Source: webster1913