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| Main Entry: | toy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play with |
| Synonyms: | coquet, cosset, dally, dandle, fiddle, flirt, fool, fool around*, jest, mess around*, pet, play, play around, sport, string along*, tease, trifle, wanton, amuse oneself, lead on, play games |
| Antonyms: | work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flirtation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amorous advance |
| Synonyms: | amour, dalliance, flirting, intrigue, pickup*, romance, tease, teasing, trifling*, coquetry, courting, cruising, romancing, toying |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frivolity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silliness, childishness |
| Synonyms: | flightiness, flippancy, flirting, folly, frippery, fun, gaiety, game, jest, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, nonsense, play, sport, trifling, volatility, whimsy, coquetting, dallying, flummery, fribble, frivolousness, giddiness, puerility, shallowness, superficiality, toying, triviality, whimsicality |
| Antonyms: | sensibility, seriousness, wiseness |
| Main Entry: | flirting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coquetry |
| Synonyms: | amorous, banter, dalliance, flirtation, pursuit, seduction, sport, trifling, beguilement, blandishment, ogling, philandering, toying, wantonness, wooing |
| Main Entry: | dalliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dawdling |
| Synonyms: | delay, delaying, idling, loafing, trifling, dabbling, dilly-dallying, frittering, frivoling, loitering, playing, poking, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying |
| Antonyms: | hurrying, push, rush, hastening |
| Main Entry: | dalliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | love affair |
| Synonyms: | affair, fling, hanky-panky*, relationship, seduction, a little on the side, amorous play, carrying on, fooling around, frolicking, messing around, toying, working late at office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, brush, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around*, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy, buss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coquet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
| Synonyms: | dally, flirt, fool, operate, string along, titillate, toy, trifle, vamp, wanton, gold-dig, lead on, make eyes at, philander, wink at* |
| Antonyms: | be shy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | caress, cuddle |
| Synonyms: | amuse, cosset, cradle, dance, fondle, love, nuzzle, pet, play, rock, sport, toss, toy*, ride on knee, toy with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess with, tinker |
| Synonyms: | dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around*, monkey*, play, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, potter, twiddle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have fun |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, be life of party, caper, carouse, carry on, cavort, clown, cut capers, cut up*, dally, dance, disport, divert, entertain oneself, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on a spree, horse around*, idle away, joke, jump, kibitz, kick up heels, let go, let loose, let one's hair down, make merry, mess around*, rejoice, revel, romp, show off, skip, sport, toy, trifle |
| Antonyms: | work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | string along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play with; keep dangling |
| Synonyms: | bluff, coquet, dally, deceive, dupe, flirt, fool, hoax, toy, trifle, wanton, lead on, put one over on, take for a ride |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | tinker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle with |
| Synonyms: | dabble, doodle*, fix, mess*, monkey*, niggle*, play, puddle, putter, repair, toy, mess with, muck about, play with, take apart, trifle with |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make physical contact |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, border, brush, caress, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, inspect, join, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, partake, pat, paw, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, tickle, tip, toy, verge, be in contact, butt on, come together, feel up, impinge upon, lay a finger on, palm, palpate, percuss, thumb |
| Antonyms: | cower, shrink, shy away |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally*, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around*, fritter, horse around*, idle, loiter, lounge, misuse, monkey, palter, play, putter, squander, string along*, toy, wanton, waste, waste time, amuse oneself, be insincere, fool with, fribble*, futz around, indulge in, lead on, lollygag, mess with, monkey with, philander, play games with, play with, potter, twiddle, use up, wink at* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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