role-playing

variants also roleplaying
present participle of role-play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-playing
Verb
  • State law bars cities, counties and other local governments from enacting their own gun, stricter regulations.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In a dressing room, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end concentrates while practicing carrying his then-girlfriend during the Tortured Poets Department section of the three-hour show, with the scene cutting to the couple re-enacting it in full costume on stage.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Family described Wilks as an only son who was acting out of his character, which is normally soft-spoken and well-mannered.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some cases even involve disgruntled family members acting out of greed.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Joist ceilings are painted white, and wallpaper depicting pink roses is stretched across a wall.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Video circulated widely on social media showing the aftermath of the shooting, depicting a man on the ground in front of a car and another man standing holding a gun.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This publication contains general information only and Deloitte is not, by means of this publication, rendering accounting, business, financial, investment, legal, tax, or other professional advice or services.
    Lara Abrash, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Unfortunately for de Moura, Lemigova had already told not just her wife, but their daughters about all of the above, rendering her attempt at shaming her with that information totally powerless.
    James Factora, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Republican lawmaker representing Georgia’s northwest has, in recent days, doubled down on her criticism of her own party, this time hammering in on the continuing government shutdown.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That’s how many families the Social Media Victims Law Center is currently representing—families whose children have been harmed or lost forever to social media.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Oli Kay is bravely taking on those who are willing to die on that hill.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike with Netflix or HBO, YouTube creators are taking on the risk for their projects (though, granted, there’s a great disparity in production budgets).
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Graziadei, 46, is known for playing Daniel Romalotti in The Young and the Restless.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As knowledgeable as Towns is about the infrastructure of the apparel industry, his priority is playing for and training with the New York Knicks.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Role-playing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-playing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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