This thesis analyzes data acquired during a game of Alias within a cognitive linguistics framework. The aim is to explore which strategies were employed by speakers in explaining concepts, taking into account the characteristics of the concepts. Another objective is to examine the organization of linguistic knowledge in general. Three hypotheses were formulated: 1. Players will use meaning-based explanation strategies more frequently than form-based explanation strategies, with paradigmatic meaning-based strategies being more prevalent than syntagmatic ones; 2. Participants will rely on experience and conventionalized situational contexts when explaining concepts; and 3. There is a link between the lexeme category and the frequency of the strategy used in explaining concepts. The research confirmed that meaning-based strategies were more frequently employed than form-based strategies, although a significant difference in the frequency of use between paradigmatic and syntagmatic strategies could not be determined. The second hypothesis was confirmed: experience and context play an important role in most players’ explanations. The third hypothesis was not confirmed, except in the case of hierarchical relations, which were predominantly used as a strategy for explaining nominal concepts. Nevertheless, this does not imply that nominal concepts were primarily explained by reference to hierarchical relations. Conversely, it was found that antonymy was a prominent explanation strategy in cases when a salient antonym of the lexeme being explained existed. Form-based strategies were employed when the players were not completely familiar or were unfamiliar with the meaning of lexemes. Adverbs and pronouns were treated as individual cases due to their low occurrence. Given the small sample size of participants, conclusions about the structure of the lexicon cannot be drawn from this research. However, it does highlight regularities and describes the important role of extralinguistic factors in meaning construal, such as experience and context. Finally, suggestions for future research were presented.