CAVORTING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in frolicking

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verb

present participle of cavort

as in dancing

to play and run about happily children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring

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McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee. — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Sea-facing rooms have views of passing ships, cavorting dolphins and the magnificent sunsets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026 All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field. — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025 As a member of the gentry, Thomas is crossing class lines by cavorting with the fishermen who work for his father-in-law. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2025

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Noun

But her gamboling merrymakers, hammy showgirls, and blithe flaneurs insist otherwise.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Definition of gamboling

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Of course, the classic sing-along method gets kids singing and dancing at home—plus repeating the lyrics on their own might help kids remember numbers, letters, and colors even better.

— Parents, Parents, 23 July 2026
Robot maker Unitree, known for the dancing humanoid robots that have become a fixture of Chinese state television broadcasts, is also pursuing a Shanghai listing.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of dancing

Noun

The fields sit just north of Homefield’s sporting showcase center, an arena facility for prep athletics, like club volleyball, basketball and more.

— Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Expect other big-box retailers with long browse times — home goods, sporting goods, warehouse clubs — to test similar rooms, particularly ones tied to a membership tier.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of sporting

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Nor did great merrymaking surround its 2001 move to pioneer quantitative easing.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026

Definition of merrymaking

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Pogačar answered those questions on Alpe d’Huez, leaping from the peloton at the foot of the climb in a bid to catch the breakaway, three and a half minutes up the road.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Jorge Soler was hit by a pitch and Grissom sent a line drive off the right-field wall that eluded a leaping Jordan Walker.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of leaping

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Photographer Phil Oh captures the drama and frivolity in Paris as designers present their latest couture collections.

— Phil Oh, Vogue, 7 July 2026
There is also a modular set so that the party literally shifts and revolves and let the audience perceive the frivolities from multiple perspectives.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of frivolity

Verb

The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.

— Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.

— Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026

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