card synonyms

card

n.

ticket, sheet, square, postcard, badge, slip, voucher, pass, label, tag, placard, plaque, board, paper, cardboard, pasteboard, Bristol board, fiberboard. see also paper 1, 5.

Varieties of cards include: poster, window card, show card, ticket, fortune-telling cards, tarot cards, tally, check, billet, calling, business, playing, bridge, poker, pinochle, address, visiting, credit, charge, greeting, registration, filing, recipe, index, check-cashing, automated teller machine, ATM, bank, police, social security, membership, insurance, identification, I.D.*;

in the cards<strong>

probable, predicted, fated, impending; see destined 1, likely 1.

put<strong> or </strong>lay one's cards on the table<strong>

reveal, tell the truth, be open; see admit 2, reveal 1, tell 1.

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