Related Words for play it by ear

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WordSyllablesCategories
play around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
improvisation
xxx/x
Noun
improvise
/xx
Verb
listen to
/xx
Phrase
play on
//
Phrase, Verb
play with
//
Phrase, Verb
play at
//
Phrase, Verb
play out
//
Phrase, Verb
intuition
xx/x
Noun
listen
/x
Verb
play along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
acoustically
x/xx
Adverb
instrumentally
xx/xx
Adverb
experimentally
xxx/xx
Adverb
intuitively
x/xxx
Adverb
listen in
/xx
Phrase, Verb
figure out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
mess around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
guesswork
/x
Noun
experimentation
xxxx/x
Noun
by heart
//
Phrase, Adverb
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
randomness
/xx
Noun
situational
xx/xx
Adjective
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
play back
//
Phrase, Verb
auditory
/xxx
Noun
musically
/xx
Adverb
sound out
//
Phrase, Verb
play down
//
Phrase, Verb
instinctively
x/xx
Adverb
playback
/x
Noun
play off
//
Phrase, Verb
adaptability
xxx/xx
Noun
puzzle out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sensitivity
xx/xx
Noun
practice
/x
Noun
adjusting
x/x
Verb
practise
/x
Noun
intonation
xx/x
Noun
depending on
x/x/
Phrase
sound track
//
Phrase, Noun
modulation
xx/x
Noun
musicality
xx/xx
Noun
discretion
x/x
Noun
variability
xxx/xx
Noun
randomization
/xx/x
Noun
instrument
/xx
Noun
acoustical
x/xx
Name
interactively
xx/xx
Adverb
flexibly
/xx
Adverb
soundtrack
/x
Noun
pay attention
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
in practice
x/x
Phrase, Verb
manually
/xxx
Adverb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
live through
//
Phrase, Verb
modulating
/xxx
Verb
musicianship
x/xx
Noun
spontaneity
xx/xx
Noun
adaptively
x/xx
Adverb
experience
x/xx
Noun
soundscape
/x
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
instinctual
x/xx
Adjective
aar
/
Name
abide
x/
Verb
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
act out
//
Phrase, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actor
/x
Noun
adopt
x/
Verb
advancement
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afford
x/
Verb
agribusiness
/xxx
Noun
ai
/
Name
air
/
Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amuse
x/
Verb
amusement
x/x
Noun
anorectal
xx/x
Adjective
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
appetite
/xx
Noun
are
/
Noun
arthritic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
assistive
x/x
Adjective
associated
x/xxx
Adjective
assume
x/
Verb
at
/
Noun, Adjective
athlete
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attention
x/x
Noun
audition
x/x
Noun, Verb
aura
/x
Noun
auricle
/xx
Noun
authorization
xxx/x
Noun
backstop
/x
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballet
x/
Noun, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
based
/
Verb, Adjective
bat
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
brand
/
Noun, Verb
breast
/
Noun, Verb
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bugle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cauliflower ear
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
ceos
xx
Name
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
chord
/
Noun, Verb
clammy
/x
Adjective
clarion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cleaning
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
clowning
/x
Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
coexistent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
combo
/x
Noun, Verb
comedy
/xx
Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
concha
/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
cope
/
Verb, Noun
coquetry
/xx
Noun
cotter
/x
Noun, Verb
court
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cpu
/x
Name
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crappy
/x
Adjective
cricket
/x
Noun, Verb
croquet
x/
Noun, Verb
curl
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dabble
/x
Verb, Noun
dalliance
/xx
Noun
dally
/x
Name, Verb
debris
x/
Noun
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
delightful
x/x
Adjective
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
develop
x/x
Verb
devotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
dime
/
Noun, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
doh
/
Name
doing
/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
drama
/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duplicate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
eardrum
/x
Noun
eared
/
Adjective
earp
/
Name
earpiece
/x
Noun
earring
/x
Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
elizabethan
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
enact
x/
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
enterprise
/xx
Noun, Verb
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
esp
x
Noun, Adverb
execute
/xx
Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
extremity
x/xx
Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
eyeball
/x
Noun, Verb
eyesight
/x
Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
fiddle
/x
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
fireman
/x
Noun
firewalls
/x
Noun
fist
/
Noun, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flirt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
folly
/x
Noun, Verb
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
footwork
/x
Noun
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
free rein
//
Phrase, Noun