CANTERED Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

cantered

verb

past tense of canter

as in loped

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And in probably the most effervescent victory of the meet, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi danced, clapped and leaped his way to victory in the high jump.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Except Diggs leapt and hugged the goalpost after the score — drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of leaped

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An advisory remains in place for an area roughly bounded by Las Palomas Drive on the west and West Skyline Drive on the east.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bounded

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The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods.

— Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
As famine, war, pestilence and death galloped through, religious thought had been taking on an apocalyptic and self-abnegatory fervor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of galloped

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With his team up a touchdown midway through the first quarter, Jalen Brewster trotted back out to the field.

— McClain Baxley for the AJC, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026
In photos shared by both Hamilton Township Animal Shelter and Height of Hope, Nyla trotted along a red carpet and out the door of the shelter.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of trotted

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Receiver Khalil Shakir, who’d juked slot safety Jalen Pitre and sprung open near the first-down marker, fully expected to get the ball in stride.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
After two hours of practice, with the 10-foot-tall fences doing little to muffle the bullhorn orders and corresponding groans, the huddle broke and the personalities sprung to life.

— Noah White, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sprang

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Every new scene feels like Alex has just sprinted into the middle of it.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
An influencer who’d been posing in a sports bra and very short shorts sprinted past us in a panic, trailed by some poor guy juggling way too much camera gear and a frantically barking Chihuahua.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of sprinted

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Despite looking dazed, Guerrero scampered home to tie the game at 1-1.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Williamson, the automatic runner at second base, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Walls and scampered home on a wild pitch by Nick Frasso (0-1), who was making his major league debut.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of scampered

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