Synonyms of gamboling

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noun

variants or gambolling

as in romping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• romping
• frolicking
• frolic
• dalliance
• amusement
• rollicking
• relaxation
• entertainment
• pastime
• recreation
• diversion
• play
• sport
• hobby
• fun and games
• fun
• hobbyhorse
• enjoyment
• playfulness
• delight
• deviltry
• lark
• pleasure
• jinks
• pleasance
• devilment
• wantonness
• rascality
• sportiveness
• revel
• friskiness
• mischief
• hob
• mischievousness
• merrymaking
• revelry
• horseplay
• hilarity
• roguishness
• knavery
• devilry
• hijinks
• merriment
• rollick
• spree
• fling
• buffoonery
• impishness
• binge
• tomfoolery
• hanky-panky
• high jinks
• waggery
• kick
• whoopee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• labor
• drudgery
• responsibility
• duty
• obligation

gamboling

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verb

variants or gambolling

present participle of gambol

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dancing
• leaping
• cavorting
• hopping
• capering
• romping
• frolicking
• tumbling
• larking
• frisking
• sporting
• rollicking
• disporting
• cutting capers
• prancing
• loping
• revelling
• bounding
• skipping
• reveling
• springing
• carousing
• tripping
• roistering
• curveting
• curvetting
• kicking up one's heels
• clowning
• horsing around
• skylarking
• cutting up
• carrying on
• fooling around
• roughhousing
• kiting
• joyriding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• sulking
• stewing
• moping