CANTERS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

canters

verb

present tense third-person singular of canter

as in gallops

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Verb

The stallion gallops onto the field every time the team scores a touchdown, adding to the reverberating noise of fans hooting and hollering in the stands.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
That's just the first of several twists in the thriller Fuze, which gallops along at a mile a minute.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of gallops

Verb

The screen leaps from LCD to OLED, the processor jumps from the A17 Pro to the A20 Pro, and the 2026 iPad mini is the first-ever waterproof tablet from Apple.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Her subscription-only website features content that leaps over gender boundaries, and has pulled in fans around the globe.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaps

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The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026

Definition of springs

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The molten salt strategy skips that chemical detour entirely.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
And deep sapphire gives the kind of counterculture cool girl who skips the gala hobnobbing for popping bottles with friends and stirring up good trouble around the town.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of skips

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Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounds

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And they custom-fit Shawkat’s mellower Molly, who trots behind in Frankie’s wake of destruction.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025

Definition of trots

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As a result, only Makoto’s eight-year-old brother Kenji goes with the other family, and upon arrival at the campsite, scampers around excitedly with a butterfly net, while being warned not to wander too far.

— James Marsh, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Sebastian Galeano fools the Lake Mary defense by carrying it himself and scampers 40 yards for the touchdown.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

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