plateau, n. table-land, [mesa].
platform, n. [rostrum], [stage], dais.
platitude, n. [banality].
platitudinous, a. [banal], [trite], [commonplace].
platter, n. trencher.
plaudit, n. [applause], acclaim, acclamation.
plausibility, n. speciousness.
plausible, a. [specious]; [glib], [fluent], [oily], smooth-tongued. Antonym: implausible.
play, v. [frolic], [sport], [gambol], disport, [frisk], [skip], [caper], romp, [revel]; [wanton], [dally], [toy], twiddle; [impersonate], [personate], [act]; [perform], [execute]; strum, thrum; gamble; [simulate], [pretend], [feign], dissemble.
play, n. [game], [pastime], [amusement], [recreation], [diversion], [sport], disport, gambols, [frolic], [jest], [merriment]; [action], [use], employment, [practice], [exercise]; comedy, drama, melodrama, [farce], [burlesque]; [dalliance], toying, twiddling; [liberty], [scope], [swing]. Associated words: dramaturgy, dramaturgist, dramatic, dramatize, dramatization, [theater], rôle, repertoire.