Synonyms for playing
play·ing

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1. playingnoun

   the act of playing a musical instrument

   Synonyms:
   performing, acting, playacting

2. playingnoun

   the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation

   Synonyms:
   performing, acting, playacting

3. acting, playing, playacting, performingnoun

   the performance of a part or role in a drama

   Synonyms:
   performing, playacting, acting

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1. • Action
   • Activity
   • Musical Performance
   • Performing Arts

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1. joking

   Submitted by ryan_1 on December 28, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "playing":

   play, playback, game, replay, replaying, reproduction, toying, cheek, stake, gaming

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1. John Howe:

   Getting up at the same time, eating at the same time, playing at the same time. That's the key.

2. Gooding Jr.:

   [The biggest challenge of the role was] the mindset, the psychosis; I remember when Heath Ledger talked about playing the Joker…I always used to look out of the side of my eye, going ‘yeah actors,’ but there really is a darkness when you are playing someone psychotic you have to go there mentally. It’s almost like we look over a cliff and picture yourself falling so that gives you a fear of it. So this is falling for six months and kind of what that means to you.

3. Ronan Farrow:

   I just want to relate the message of one of these women -- and it was a shared sentiment among this group -- that this was not role-playing, that this was not' Fifty Shades of Grey.' It wasn't in a gray area at all.

4. Justin Rose:

   We’ve all grown up playing lots of links golf, to be honest with you, and it should be a style of golf that we all relish.

5. Roosh Valizadeh:

   Don't be deceived into thinking that a girl is special or good just because she's playing hard to get