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- accepted,
- acting,
- active,
- assumed,
- at work,
- brewing,
- chanced,
- forthcoming,
- functional,
- functioning,
- going,
- going on,
- in embryo,
- in exercise,
- in force,
- in hand,
- in operation,
- in play,
- in practice,
- in preparation,
- in production,
- in progress,
- in the oven,
- in the works,
- inaction,
- on foot,
- on stream,
- on the anvil,
- on the fire,
- on the way,
- ongoing,
- operating,
- operational,
- running,
- under construction,
- under revision,
- under way,
- undertaken,
- working
- acrostic
collapse - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message related words >
- abuse of terms,
- acronym,
- amphibologism,
- amphiboly,
- anagram,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- calembour,
- clipped word,
- compound,
- conjugate,
- construction,
- corruption,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- endocentric compound,
- equivocality,
- equivoque,
- exocentric compound,
- formation,
- jeu de mots,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- malapropism,
- metagram,
- missaying,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- paronym,
- play on words,
- pun,
- punning,
- spoonerism,
- tatpurusha,
- word form,
- wordplay
- accidental,
- accompanying,
- acting,
- active,
- ado,
- afloat,
- afoot,
- at work,
- brewing,
- circumstantial,
- current,
- doing,
- eventuating,
- forthcoming,
- functional,
- functioning,
- going,
- happening,
- in embryo,
- in exercise,
- in force,
- in hand,
- in mid-progress,
- in operation,
- in play,
- in practice,
- in preparation,
- in process,
- in production,
- in progress,
- in the oven,
- in the wind,
- in the works,
- inaction,
- incidental,
- occasional,
- occurring,
- on,
- on foot,
- on stream,
- on the anvil,
- on the fire,
- on the way,
- ongoing,
- operating,
- operational,
- passing,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- resultant,
- running,
- taking place,
- under construction,
- under revision,
- under way,
- working
- act out
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- represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage; "She could act neurotic anxiety" related words >
- Thespian art,
- amateur theatricals,
- blood and thunder,
- demonstrativeness,
- dramatic art,
- dramatic form,
- dramatic irony,
- dramatic stroke,
- dramatic structure,
- dramaticism,
- dramatics,
- dramatism,
- dramaturgy,
- emotional appeal,
- emotionalism,
- emotionality,
- emotionalization,
- emotionalizing,
- emotiveness,
- emotivity,
- histrionics,
- histrionism,
- human interest,
- love interest,
- making scenes,
- melodrama,
- nonrationalness,
- play construction,
- sensationalism,
- staginess,
- theatricalism,
- theatricality,
- theatricals,
- theatricism,
- theatrics,
- unreasoningness,
- visceralness,
- yellow journalism
- feign
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- make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" related words >
- act,
- act a part,
- affect,
- assume,
- bluff,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- do a bit,
- dramatize,
- fake,
- four-flush,
- gammon,
- histrionize,
- let on,
- let on like,
- make a pretense,
- make as if,
- make believe,
- make like,
- make out like,
- overact,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play possum,
- playact,
- pretend,
- profess,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- sham,
- simulate,
- tug the heartstrings,
- wear
- dramatics
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- participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity related words >
- Thespian art,
- amateur theatricals,
- blazon,
- bravura,
- brilliancy,
- daring,
- dash,
- demonstration,
- display,
- dramatic art,
- dramatic form,
- dramatic irony,
- dramatic stroke,
- dramatic structure,
- dramaticism,
- dramatism,
- dramaturgy,
- eclat,
- etalage,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- figure,
- flair,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flourish,
- histrionics,
- histrionism,
- manifestation,
- melodramatics,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- parade,
- play construction,
- sensationalism,
- sham,
- show,
- showing-off,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splurge,
- staginess,
- theatricalism,
- theatricality,
- theatricals,
- theatricism,
- theatrics,
- vaunt
- spoonerism
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- transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words related words >
- Irish bull,
- abuse of terms,
- acronym,
- acrostic,
- amphibologism,
- amphiboly,
- anacoluthon,
- anagram,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- bull,
- calembour,
- catachresis,
- clipped word,
- compound,
- conjugate,
- construction,
- corruption,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- endocentric compound,
- equivocality,
- equivoque,
- exocentric compound,
- fluff,
- folk etymology,
- formation,
- grammatical error,
- hypercorrection,
- hyperform,
- jeu de mots,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- malaprop,
- malapropism,
- marrowsky,
- metagram,
- mispronunciation,
- missaying,
- misusage,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- paronym,
- play on words,
- pun,
- punning,
- solecism,
- tatpurusha,
- word form,
- wordplay
- militate
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- have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed" related words >
- act,
- aid,
- be effective,
- be in action,
- cancel out,
- count,
- counter,
- countervail,
- discourage,
- favor,
- foil,
- function,
- further,
- go,
- have effect,
- have free play,
- have play,
- help,
- hinder,
- militate against,
- operate,
- oppose,
- percolate,
- perform,
- perk,
- play,
- prevent,
- promote,
- resist,
- run,
- take effect,
- tell,
- tick,
- work
- accepted,
- acting,
- active,
- arranged,
- assumed,
- at work,
- blueprinted,
- brewing,
- calculated,
- chanced,
- charted,
- contrived,
- designed,
- devised,
- figured,
- forthcoming,
- functional,
- functioning,
- going,
- going on,
- in embryo,
- in exercise,
- in force,
- in hand,
- in operation,
- in play,
- in practice,
- in preparation,
- in process,
- in production,
- in progress,
- in the oven,
- inaction,
- methodized,
- on foot,
- on stream,
- on the agenda,
- on the anvil,
- on the calendar,
- on the carpet,
- on the docket,
- on the fire,
- on the tapis,
- on the way,
- ongoing,
- operating,
- operational,
- organized,
- planned,
- plotted,
- projected,
- rationalized,
- running,
- scheduled,
- schematized,
- set,
- shaped,
- strategetic,
- strategic,
- sur le tapis,
- systematized,
- tactical,
- under construction,
- under revision,
- under way,
- undertaken,
- worked out,
- working
- act,
- act a part,
- act as,
- act out,
- adumbrate,
- ape,
- body forth,
- copy,
- create a role,
- demonstrate,
- depict,
- do,
- embody,
- enact,
- exemplify,
- figure,
- foreshadow,
- illustrate,
- image,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- masquerade as,
- mime,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- pantomime,
- pass for,
- perform,
- personify,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- portray,
- pose as,
- prefigure,
- pretend to be,
- pretypify,
- project,
- realize,
- reflect,
- represent,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- take a part,
- take off
- go through the motions
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- pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions" related words >
- antic,
- be foolish,
- be stupid,
- caper,
- caracole,
- carry on,
- cavort,
- clown,
- clown around,
- coquet,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- cut up,
- dabble,
- dally,
- dance,
- disport,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- flounce,
- fool,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frisk,
- frivol,
- frolic,
- gambol,
- get funny,
- go haywire,
- horse around,
- idle,
- invite ridicule,
- jerk off,
- kid around,
- loiter,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play the buffoon,
- play the fool,
- play with,
- potter,
- putter,
- rollick,
- romp,
- skip,
- smatter,
- sport,
- tinker,
- tomfool,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trifle,
- trip,
- twiddle,
- womanize
- impersonate
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- represent another person with comic intentions
- assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" related words >
- act,
- act a part,
- act as,
- act out,
- adumbrate,
- ape,
- body forth,
- copy,
- copycat,
- create a role,
- demonstrate,
- depict,
- discourse,
- do,
- embody,
- enact,
- exemplify,
- figure,
- foreshadow,
- hit off,
- hit off on,
- illustrate,
- image,
- incarnate,
- make false pretenses,
- masquerade as,
- mime,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- mock,
- pantomime,
- parrot,
- pass for,
- perform,
- personate,
- personify,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- playact,
- portray,
- pose as,
- prefigure,
- pretend to be,
- pretypify,
- project,
- realize,
- reflect,
- represent,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- take a part,
- take off,
- take off on
- be abstracted,
- be innocent of,
- brood,
- chew the cud,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- coquet,
- coquet with,
- dabble,
- dally,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- digest,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- flirt,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- give up,
- have no idea,
- horse around,
- idle,
- introspect,
- jerk off,
- kid around,
- know a little,
- know not,
- know not what,
- know nothing of,
- loiter,
- meditate,
- mess around,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- muse,
- not know,
- not rightly know,
- pass,
- perpend,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play around with,
- play with,
- ponder,
- potter,
- putter,
- reflect,
- ruminate,
- scratch the surface,
- smatter,
- speculate,
- study,
- tinker,
- toy,
- trifle,
- twiddle,
- weigh,
- wonder,
- wonder whether,
- wot not of
- Passion play
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- a play representing the Passion of Christ related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- talk show
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- a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show" related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- revue
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- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- miracle play
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- a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- mystery play
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- a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- introspect
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- reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings related words >
- doubles
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- tennis played with two players on each side
- badminton played with two players on each side related words >
- decathlon
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- an athletic contest consisting of ten different events related words >
- pretend
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- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King" related words >
- act,
- act a part,
- adopt,
- affect,
- aim to,
- allege,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- attempt,
- attempt to,
- avow,
- bluff,
- challenge,
- claim,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- dare,
- dare to,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- do a bit,
- dramatize,
- encroach,
- endeavor,
- fake,
- feign,
- four-flush,
- gammon,
- hazard,
- histrionize,
- infringe,
- invade,
- lay claim to,
- let on,
- let on like,
- make a pretense,
- make as if,
- make believe,
- make bold,
- make free,
- make like,
- make out,
- make out like,
- overact,
- play,
- play God,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play possum,
- playact,
- presume,
- pretend to,
- pretext,
- profess,
- protest too much,
- purport,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- represent,
- seek to,
- seize,
- sham,
- simulate,
- strive to,
- study to,
- take over,
- take the liberty,
- trespass,
- try,
- try and,
- try to,
- tug the heartstrings,
- undertake,
- usurp,
- venture,
- venture to,
- wear
- histrionics
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- a deliberate display of emotion for effect related words >
- Thespian art,
- amateur theatricals,
- blazon,
- blood and thunder,
- bravura,
- brilliancy,
- daring,
- dash,
- demonstration,
- demonstrativeness,
- display,
- dramatic art,
- dramatic form,
- dramatic irony,
- dramatic stroke,
- dramatic structure,
- dramaticism,
- dramatics,
- dramatism,
- dramaturgy,
- eclat,
- emotional appeal,
- emotionalism,
- emotionality,
- emotionalization,
- emotionalizing,
- emotiveness,
- emotivity,
- etalage,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- figure,
- flair,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flourish,
- histrionism,
- human interest,
- love interest,
- making scenes,
- manifestation,
- melodrama,
- melodramatics,
- nonrationalness,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- parade,
- play construction,
- sensationalism,
- sham,
- show,
- showing-off,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splurge,
- staginess,
- theatricalism,
- theatricality,
- theatricals,
- theatricism,
- theatrics,
- unreasoningness,
- vaunt,
- visceralness,
- yellow journalism
- Thespian art,
- amateur theatricals,
- blazon,
- blood and thunder,
- bravura,
- brilliancy,
- daring,
- dash,
- demonstration,
- demonstrativeness,
- display,
- dramatic art,
- dramatic form,
- dramatic irony,
- dramatic stroke,
- dramatic structure,
- dramaticism,
- dramatics,
- dramatism,
- dramaturgy,
- eclat,
- emotional appeal,
- emotionalism,
- emotionality,
- emotionalization,
- emotionalizing,
- emotiveness,
- emotivity,
- etalage,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- figure,
- flair,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flourish,
- histrionics,
- histrionism,
- human interest,
- love interest,
- making scenes,
- manifestation,
- melodrama,
- melodramatics,
- nonrationalness,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- parade,
- play construction,
- sensationalism,
- sham,
- show,
- showing-off,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splurge,
- staginess,
- theatricalism,
- theatricality,
- theatricals,
- theatricism,
- unreasoningness,
- vaunt,
- visceralness,
- yellow journalism
- double entendre
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- an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate related words >
- ambiguity,
- ambiguousness,
- amphibology,
- belly laugh,
- blue story,
- complexity of meaning,
- counterword,
- dirty joke,
- dirty story,
- double meaning,
- double reference,
- equivocacy,
- equivocal,
- equivocality,
- equivocalness,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- ethnic joke,
- fun,
- funny story,
- gag,
- good one,
- good story,
- howler,
- irony,
- jape,
- jest,
- jestbook,
- joke,
- laugh,
- levels of meaning,
- multivocality,
- panic,
- paronomasia,
- play,
- point,
- polysemant,
- polysemousness,
- polysemy,
- portmanteau word,
- pun,
- punning,
- rib tickler,
- richness of meaning,
- riot,
- scream,
- sick joke,
- sidesplitter,
- sight gag,
- sport,
- squinting construction,
- story,
- tergiversation,
- uncertainty,
- visual joke,
- weasel word,
- wheeze,
- wow,
- yarn
- pun
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- a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
- make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" related words >
- abuse of terms,
- acrostic,
- alliterate,
- alliteration,
- ambiguity,
- amphibologism,
- amphibology,
- amphiboly,
- anagram,
- assonance,
- assonate,
- be merry with,
- calembour,
- chime,
- clink,
- corruption,
- counterword,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- double entendre,
- equivocal,
- equivocality,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- fleer at,
- fun,
- gibe at,
- jape,
- jest,
- jeu de mots,
- jingle,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- kid around,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- malapropism,
- metagram,
- missaying,
- mock,
- near rhyme,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- play on words,
- poke fun at,
- polysemant,
- portmanteau word,
- punning,
- quip,
- rhyme,
- ridicule,
- scintillate,
- scoff at,
- slant rhyme,
- sparkle,
- spoonerism,
- squinting construction,
- utter a mot,
- weasel word,
- wisecrack,
- wordplay
- be merry with,
- coquet,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- dabble,
- dally,
- fiddle,
- fiddle with,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fidget with,
- finger with,
- fleer at,
- flirt,
- fool,
- fool around,
- fool with,
- fribble,
- frivol,
- fun,
- gibe at,
- horse around,
- idle,
- jape,
- jerk off,
- jest,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- loiter,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- mess around,
- mock,
- monkey,
- monkey around,
- piddle,
- play,
- play around,
- play on words,
- play with,
- poke fun at,
- potter,
- pun,
- putter,
- quip,
- ridicule,
- scintillate,
- scoff at,
- smatter,
- sparkle,
- tinker,
- toy,
- toy with,
- trifle,
- twiddle,
- utter a mot,
- wisecrack
- duologue
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- a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- bull session,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- chinfest,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- palaver,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- question-and-answer session,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- speech,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk,
- talk show,
- talkfest,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- trialogue,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- words,
- work
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