DANCED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

danced

verb

past tense of dance

as in stepped

to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands

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as in darted

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent

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Recent Examples of danced But the day came and went, with son crammed into his quarters on the ship while his older brother and other family members danced at the wedding. — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 Visitors – mostly from the capital’s wealthier east side – who had spent the evening riding the cable car over the hillside and stopping at neighborhood bars, murals, and food stands, now danced with locals under the open sky. — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 One of the main attractions on Wednesday was the booth of Unitree, one of China’s leading humanoid robot makers, where some of its models boxed and danced. — E. Eduardo Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Wilson celebrated his victory with family, friends and a 12-person junkanoo band that danced around the event hall, a nod to the new commissioner’s Bahamian roots. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Then, from the left-arm spinner’s next delivery, Babar danced down the pitch and, in a more classical style, launched the ball high over long off to secure the tourists’ first Test victory away from home since July 2023. — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 While helicopters scattered miniature red roses over the crowd, priests in white robes celebrated Mass and the popular Mazowsze folk ensemble sang and danced to traditional Polish music. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 The best part was the crew of dragonflies that danced around the summit. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 In Fire & Blood, this battle is described as the only time during the Dance of Dragons when the dragons truly danced, which means TV audiences should expect some incredible draconic combat. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for danced

Verb

Freedom then stepped toward the floor and yelled back at Cloud with his arms spread, with security quickly intervening and ushering Freedom out.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The annual parade, now in its 46th year, stepped off Sunday afternoon.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of stepped

Verb

Agustin Ojeda tapped a pass to Nicolas Fernandez near the right sideline and darted toward the end line on the give-and-go.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Swallows—the country's most beloved and recognizable birds—darted past intermittently, a subtle but very real reminder of our location on this special stretch of the Algarve.

— Megan Wilkes, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of darted

Verb

By the front door, a hummingbird repeatedly flitted to the tubular magenta blooms of the Salvia spathacea.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of flitted

Verb

The old football adage about teams making their biggest improvements between their first and second games might not apply in the NFL preseason, when personnel are constantly being shuffled in and out of the action.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Canden Arciniega shuffled on the hot granite terrace on a mid-August morning, counting the names on her list.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of fluttered

Verb

Marcus Caldeira flicked a header from about 35 yards out to Pereyra, who chipped in a first-touch finish from a couple steps inside the penalty box.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026