Thesaurus:game

Thesaurus

game

English

Noun

Sense: interactive activity with rules and goals done for entertainment

Synonyms

• game

Hyponyms

• board game    [⇒ thesaurus]
• card game    [⇒ thesaurus]
• computer game
• cue sport    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dice game
• electronic game    [⇒ thesaurus]
• game of chance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• game of skill
• game of strategy
• guessing game
• party game    [⇒ thesaurus]
• parlour game
• role-playing game
• sport
• team sport
• video game
• zero-sum

Instances

• chess    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shogi
• xiangqi
• checkers
• draughts
• backgammon
• go
• Monopoly
• Scrabble
• canasta
• bridge
• gin rummy
• poker    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rummy
• skat
• tarot
• solitaire
• whist
• charade
• musical chairs
• billiards
• carom
• pool
• snooker

Hypernyms

• activity    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• board game piece    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chess piece    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chess move    [⇒ thesaurus]
• card suit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• playing card    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• entertainment
• goal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• player
• rule    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Category:Games

Further reading

• “622. activity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “game” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.