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Synonyms of cavorting
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in frolicking, romping
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cavorting
- frivolity,
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- merrymaking,
- playfulness,
- revelry,
- roistering,
- romping,
- sporting,
- sportiveness
- devilry
- (or deviltry),
- impishness,
- knavery,
- mischief,
- mischievousness,
- prankishness,
- rascality,
- roguery,
- roguishness,
- trickery
- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
cavorting
verb
present participle of cavort
Synonyms & Antonyms of cavorting (Entry 2 of 2)
to play and run about happily
- children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring
Synonyms for cavorting
- capering,
- disporting,
- frisking,
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- larking,
- rollicking,
- romping,
- sporting
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