Thesaurus / play on
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synonyms for play on
- caricature
- mockery
- sarcasm
- irony
- skit
- wit
- spoof
- banter
- parody
- burlesque
- lampoon
- travesty
- takeoff
- witticism
- put-on
- raillery
- persiflage
- pasquinade
- causticity
- lampoonery
- squib
- chaffing
- play-on
- send-up
- banter
- burlesque
- caricature
- causticity
- irony
- lampoon
- mockery
- parody
- pasquinade
- persiflage
- put-on
- raillery
- sarcasm
- skit
- spoof
- takeoff
- travesty
- wit
- witticism
- chaffing
- play-on
- send-up
- squib
- fun
- humor
- satire
- farce
- picnic
- takeoff
- funniness
- drollery
- interlude
- hoopla
- comicality
- travesty
- hilarity
- ball
- humorousness
- burlesque
- witticism
- slapstick
- vaudeville
- camp
- high time
- jesting
- joking
- comicalness
- drollness
- sitcom
- facetiousness
- merry-go-round
- funnies
- wittiness
- schtick
- chaffing
- comic drama
- field day
- fun and games
- gag show
- high camp
- light entertainment
- send-up
- wisecracking
- convert
- propel
- lead
- bring
- shift
- drive
- carry
- turn
- push
- operate
- start
- activate
- prompt
- inspire
- actuate
- agitate
- persuade
- touch
- quicken
- impel
- suggest
- incite
- submit
- recommend
- impress
- sway
- instigate
- urge
- propose
- advocate
- excite
- introduce
- strike
- induce
- inspirit
- affect
- rouse
- cause
- shove
- stir
- budge
- stimulate
- bring up
- draw up
- get going
- give rise to
- prevail upon
- put forward
- tug at
- work on
- caricature
- burlesque
- imitate
- satirize
- distort
- deride
- lampoon
- mimic
- pervert
- sham
- parody
- mock
- ape
- make fun of
- put on
- take off
- make a mockery of
- send up
- handle
- control
- practice
- adopt
- run
- work
- wield
- utilize
- accept
- employ
- exploit
- manage
- apply
- operate
- spend
- manipulate
- exhaust
- expend
- regulate
- exert
- relate
- ply
- bestow
- govern
- waste
- capitalize
- exercise
- bring into play
- bring to bear
- draw on
- run through
- take advantage of
- avail oneself of
- do with
- find a use
- make do with
- make the most of
- make use
- press into service
- put forth
- put into action
- put to use
- put to work
- set in motion
- turn to account
- use
- handle
- utilize
- mine
- employ
- abuse
- apply
- manipulate
- maneuver
- play
- jockey
- finesse
- soak
- work
- fleece
- bleed
- stick
- skin
- milk
- exercise
- profit from
- capitalize on
- avail oneself of
- cash in on
- get mileage out of
- impose upon
- make capital of
- make use of
- profit by
- put to use
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- stay
- fix
- oppose
- leave alone
- dull
- halt
- stop
- discourage
- lose
- keep
- hold
- dishearten
- pause
- delay
- slow
- suppress
- hinder
- tranquilize
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- prevent
- repress
- dissuade
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How to use play on in a sentence
I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYBut I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYTo fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYAgain the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSHer attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTOur class has swelled to about a dozen persons now, and a good many others come and play to him once or twice and then go.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIt was one day when a student from the Stuttgardt conservatory attempted to play the Sonata Appassionata.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHe seemed to know right where to look, which was another feature of the play that I didn't sabe at the time.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHaggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSLiszt himself doesn't play the chords as well as Gurickx;—perhaps because he does not care now to exert the strength.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
AUGUST 5, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO PLAY ON
- ball
- burlesque
- camp
- chaffing
- comic drama
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- field day
- fun
- fun and games
- funnies
- funniness
- gag show
- high camp
- high time
- hilarity
- hoopla
- humor
- humorousness
- interlude
- jesting
- joking
- light entertainment
- merry-go-round
- picnic
- play on
- satire
- schtick
- send-up
- sitcom
- slapstick
- takeoff
- travesty
- vaudeville
- wisecracking
- witticism
- wittiness
- abusing
- applying
- availing oneself of
- bleeding
- capitalizing on
- cash in on
- employing
- exercising
- finessing
- fleecing
- getting mileage out of
- handling
- imposing upon
- jockeying
- making capital of
- making use of
- maneuvering
- manipulating
- milking
- mining
- playing
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- profit by
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- putting to using
- skinning
- soaking
- sticking
- using
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- working
- abuses
- applies
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- capitalizes on
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- employs
- exercises
- finesses
- fleeces
- gets mileage out of
- handles
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- makes capital of
- makes use of
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- manipulates
- milks
- mines
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- puts to uses
- skins
- soaks
- sticks
- uses
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- works
- activate
- actuate
- advocate
- affect
- agitate
- bring
- bring up
- budge
- carry
- cause
- convert
- draw up
- drive
- excite
- get going
- give rise to
- impel
- impress
- incite
- induce
- inspire
- inspirit
- instigate
- introduce
- lead
- operate
- persuade
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- prevail upon
- prompt
- propel
- propose
- push
- put forward
- quicken
- recommend
- rouse
- shift
- shove
- start
- stimulate
- stir
- strike
- submit
- suggest
- sway
- touch
- tug at
- turn
- urge
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- head for
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- ships
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- splits
- stirs
- switches
- takes off
- transfers
- transports
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- travels
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- walks
- withdraws
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.