Opening and Play

Opening

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

Usage example: the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions

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Synonyms for Opening

Antonyms for Opening

Play and opening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Synonyms for Play

Antonyms for Play

Opening and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Mutual synonyms

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How words are described

good	good opening	good play
normal	normal opening	normal play
short	short opening	short play
perfect	perfect opening	perfect play
Other adjectives: regular, standard, original, single, obvious, actual, entire, big, great, little, famous, new, dramatic, final, next, last, different, extended.

Both words in one sentence

The opening several minutes of Melancholia play out the entire plot in a series of stylized images.

Source: Spoiler Opening
When the party members, thought to have been left for dead, save Lloyd, the instrumental of the opening begins to play and plays throughout the first boss battle.

Source: Background Music Override
Most Psych episodes are fair play, especially since clues are highlighted for the viewer as Shawn sees them, plus the viewer sees the opening flashback which always relates to the story at hand.

Source: Fair-Play Whodunnit

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