KITE Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈkīt

Definition of kite

as in vampire

a person who habitually preys upon others characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers

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prey

kite

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verb

as in to sport

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Recent Examples of kite

Noun

Lieutenant Ângelo Silva with the military police told G1 that summer holidays are a popular time for people to fly kites in public areas. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Mateo makes animal kites for tourists, sisters Sasha and Sophia comb the beach for treasures, and the three siblings Eli, Ezra, and Elana live in an actual lighthouse. — Toby Rose, Parents, 30 June 2026

Verb

The game then becomes a matter of kiting those enemies into the open one by one to take them out safely. — ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2026 First, an evening flirt session in the library, complete with setting the seeds for a charming afternoon of kiting. — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kite

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kite

Noun

The new season will focus heavily on the original vampire, Akasha, portrayed by Sheila Atim in The Vampire Lestat.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of vampire

Verb

While the rapper sported an Argentina jacket to show his support for the country’s national team during the final game that same day, Stormi rocked a Spain jersey.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Sunspel’s Riviera polo shirt—famously sported by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale—has been tweaked by its maker into a camp collar shirt.

— Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 20 July 2026

Definition of sport

Noun

These prickly hairs are for protection, with barbed ends that easily penetrate the skin of predators or your hand.

— Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Gary Ridgway, Joel Rifkin, Robert Pickton, Peter Sutcliffe, and other serial predators have relied on the same conditions.

— Judy Harris Kluger, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Definition of predator

Verb

The Reting Rinpoche dispatched a search team of high lamas, who soon heard about a precocious 2-year-old who enjoyed larking inside chicken coops but also frequently spoke yearningly about making a long journey to Lhasa.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
And it was discovered by accident, when Delap and a few team-mates were larking about in training.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Definition of lark

Noun

Deaths by toothpick average three per year, slightly less than annual shark attack fatalities.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
In 1986, a fiberglass sculpture of a shark plunging headfirst into the roof of an ordinary-looking row house in the English town of Headington appeared as if out of nowhere.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Definition of shark

Verb

Keegan not only rescued Newcastle from relegation in 1991-92; the following campaign his team romped to the second-division title and surged into the Premier League.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
When asked to think about singularly American art works last week, this romp through a Depression-era Mississippi sprang outta my head like Athena.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

Definition of romp

Verb

Part of the project staying personal meant that de Araújo wanted Claire to dance, as the character was based on her own mother who was a dancer.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Willis grew up as a dancer, excelling in ballet, contemporary, jazz and hip-hop, and dancing competitively at a private studio and throughout high school.

— Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of dance

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