toy with

1. 1.

   take into consideration, have in view

   “He entertained the notion of moving to South America”

   Synonymsentertainthink offlirt withthink about

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Questions about toy with

What does toy with mean?

toy with means "take into consideration, have in view".

What is another word for toy with?

Close synonyms include entertain, think of, flirt with, think about. 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 toy with a common word?

toy with is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.