Synonym Snap
Here is a version of the card game Snap that you can play
with synonyms. You will need a group of two
or more people to play it.
The page below has a list of words, some of
which are synonyms of each other. To make
a pack of Synonym Snap cards, print the whole
page, then cut along the lines and glue each word onto a
separate piece of thick paper or card. You should have 48
cards, each with a single word in the middle.
Shuffle the cards and deal them out as equally as possible
among the players. (It is okay if some players have more
cards than others.) Each player puts their cards in a pile in
front of them, with the word side down.
Choose one player to start. The first player turns over the top
card in their pile and places it in the centre of the table, with
the word side up. The player to the left then turns over their
top card and adds it to the new pile. If the word on the card is
a synonym of the previous word, then the first player to shout
“Snap!” wins all the cards which have been turned over.
Take turns to play, moving in a clockwise direction around the
table. When a player has no cards left, they are out of the
game. The winner is the player who wins all the cards.
You can make additional sets of Synonym Snap cards by
choosing new lists of synonyms from your thesaurus.
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beautiful
good-looking
handsome
attractive
gorgeous
pretty
happy
joyful
cheerful
merry
gleeful
delighted
sad
unhappy
glum
sorrowful
miserable
forlorn
small
little
miniature
petite
minute
tiny
look
glance
stare
peek
gaze
peer
say
exclaim
declare
state
remark
announce
eat
munch
nibble
guzzle
savour
dine
walk
amble
saunter
stroll
plod
pace
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