Meanings
plural parlour games · alternative parlor game · alternative parlor-game · alternative parlour-game
- Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
Near-synonym: party game
2 more examples
Do you know that parlour-game, Yarrell dear? Are you a performer at Musical Chairs?
1918, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Foe-Farrell, PrologueDoubts abound as to whether he will graduate in 2028 with a four-year degree in Trumpism: It is now a parlor game in Washington and Silicon Valley to speculate just how long the Musk-Trump relationship will last.
2024 November 22, Theodore Schleifer, “Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in How Trumpworld Works”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: party game
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
nounThe use of deliberately nebulous or confusing language.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 社交游戲 /社交游戏
- 社交游戲 /社交游戏 (shèjiāoyóuxì)amusing game played indoors with few props
German Gesellschaftsspiel
- Gesellschaftsspielamusing game played indoors with few props
Polish gra towarzyska
- gra towarzyskaamusing game played indoors with few props
Swedish sällskapsspel
- sällskapsspelamusing game played indoors with few props
Cite this entry
parlour game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parlour%20game
“parlour game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parlour%20game. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parlour game,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parlour%20game.
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