theory of games

1. 1.

   (economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players

   Synonymsgame theory

   Broaderscientific theory

   economics

Questions about theory of games

What does theory of games mean?

theory of games means "(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players".

What is another word for theory of games?

Close synonyms include game theory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theory of games a common word?

theory of games is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.