playday, n. [holiday].
player, n. [idler], [drone]; [actor], thespian, tragedian, comedian, [imitator], [impersonator], mime, [mimic]; [performer], instrumentalist.
playful, a. [sportive], [frolicsome], [prankish], [jocular], [sprightly], [wanton].
play off. [feign], [simulate], dissemble.
plaything, n. [bauble], [gimcrack], [toy].
play-writer, n. playwright, dramatist.
plea, n. [defense], [excuse], [apology], [vindication], [intercession], [prayer], entreaty.
plead, v. [reason], [argue]; apologize; [defend], [advocate], [intercede].
pleader, n. [intercessor], [defender], [advocate].
pleasant, a. [agreeable], [genial], [congenial], [affable], [amiable], enjoyable, good-humored, pleasurable. Antonyms: [unpleasant], [disagreeable], [uncongenial], [repellent], repelling, austere, [unamiable], inaffable, [dreary], [dismal], [offensive].