Synonyms of toy

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adjective

as in toylike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• toylike
• dwarf
• small
• pocket
• miniature
• dinky
• little
• pocket-size
• diminutive
• pygmy
• mini
• smallish
• puny
• half-pint
• undersize
• tiny
• subnormal
• undersized
• Lilliputian
• pocket-sized
• pint-sized
• dwarfish
• micro
• pint-size
• microscopic
• scrubby
• slight
• wee
• shrimpy
• miniaturized
• microscopical
• teeny
• stunted
• bantam
• bitty
• infinitesimal
• minuscule
• runtish
• weeny
• pinpoint
• fine
• teensy
• runty
• skimpy
• spare
• sparse
• slender
• scanty
• scarce
• minikin
• little bitty
• minim
• minute
• meager
• scant
• inappreciable
• wanting
• teeny-weeny
• poor
• meagre
• weensy
• stingy
• inadequate
• slim
• capsule
• lacking
• insufficient
• teensy-weensy
• niggardly
• deficient
• skimp
• bite-size
• bite-sized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• big
• great
• substantial
• grand
• oversized
• considerable
• husky
• giant
• handsome
• sizeable
• sizable
• massive
• bulky
• oversize
• huge
• gigantic
• tidy
• outsized
• goodly
• whopping
• enormous
• mammoth
• outsize
• jumbo
• vast
• galactic
• colossal
• boxcar
• gross
• monstrous
• monumental
• voluminous
• titanic
• tremendous
• heroic
• hefty
• mountainous
• monolithic
• immense
• prodigious
• cavernous
• healthy
• humongous
• gargantuan
• liberal
• cyclopean
• stupendous
• staggering
• ample
• king-size
• whacking
• overscaled
• generous
• overscale
• largish
• Himalayan
• abundant
• appreciable
• wide
• copious
• king-sized
• bountiful
• fat
• plentiful
• broad
• biggish
• hulking
• thick
• leviathan
• herculean
• elephantine
• infinite
• cosmic
• pharaonic
• humungous
• heroical
• plenteous
• enough
• adequate
• sufficient
• Brobdingnagian
• boundless
• Bunyanesque
• incalculable
• immeasurable
• cosmical

toy

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verb (1)

1

as in to play

to engage in activity for amusement

the cat toyed with the mouse it had caught, batting it about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• play
• sport
• recreate
• entertain
• frolic
• joke
• amuse
• relax
• romp
• disport
• delight
• rollick
• tease
• trifle
• skylark
• rest
• gambol
• please
• cavort
• frisk
• dabble
• dally
• hang
• fiddle (around)
• idle
• loaf
• lounge (around or about)
• divert
• bum (around)
• putter (around)
• hang about
• screw around
• dawdle
• slack (off)
• jest
• goldbrick
• mess around

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slave
• work
• labor
• struggle
• plug (away)
• strive
• strain
• toil
• sweat
• drudge
• plod

2

as in to flirt

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

likes to toy with men whom she has no intention of actually dating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirt
• trifle
• coquette
• coquet
• kid
• tease
• woo
• frivol
• mess around
• vamp
• rib
• play (with)
• court
• mash
• lead on
• fool
• put on
• dally
• manipulate
• razz
• string along
• josh

toy (with)

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verb (2)

as in to play (with)

to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously

that microscope is a delicate instrument, not something to be toyed with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• play (with)
• fool (with)
• tamper (with)
• tinker (with)
• fiddle (with)
• mess (with)
• monkey (with)
• twiddle (with)
• diddle (with)
• manipulate
• alter
• abuse
• misuse
• mistreat
• interfere
• butt in
• doctor
• meddle
• intrude
• muck (about or around)
• manhandle

Phrases Containing toy

• toy (with)