role-playing

variants also roleplaying
present participle of role-play

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-playing
Verb
  • California made history Wednesday by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from meals served to over one billion California schoolchildren annually.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The organization states that 30,000 residents of Amsterdam have already signed a petition in favor of enacting concrete plans and policies to limit mass tourism.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 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
  • While other people were asking about promotions, titles, and raises, Burns was taking on the problems nobody else wanted to solve.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Week 6 begins with the Eagles taking on the Giants.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its return is part of the 2026 Banana Ball World Tour and the launch of the Banana Ball Championship League, with all six league teams playing a 60-game schedule culminating in the Banana Bowl Championship next October.
    Shane Connuck October 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After close to two decades had been spent playing professional football, mainly in the EFL, there was no clarity on what would come next when retirement came to his door.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Role-playing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-playing. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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