· a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

Hypernym(s): activity

· a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

Hypernym(s): contest, competition

· an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

Hypernym(s): diversion, recreation

· animal hunted for food or sport

Hypernym(s): animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

· (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

Hypernym(s): part, section, division

· (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"

Hypernym(s): score

· the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

Hypernym(s): meat

· a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

Synonym(s): plot, secret_plan

Hypernym(s): scheme, strategy

· the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday"

Hypernym(s): game_equipment

· your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

Synonym(s): biz

Hypernym(s): occupation, business, job, line_of_work, line

· frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

Hypernym(s): play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper

· place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

Synonym(s): bet_on, back, gage, stake, punt

Hypernym(s): bet, wager, play

· disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

Synonym(s): crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy

· willing to face danger

Synonym(s): gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky