Synonyms of flirts

flirts 1 of 2

noun

plural of flirt

as in flirters

a person who playfully shows another amorous attention

he's just a harmless flirt, so don't take him seriously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirters
• wantons
• vamps
• coquettes
• coquets
• soubrettes
• jades

flirts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flirt

1

as in teases

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teases
• toys
• fools
• kids
• coquets
• woos
• dallies
• trifles
• ribs
• frivols
• mashes
• vamps
• messes around
• manipulates
• courts
• razzes
• plays (with)
• strings along
• leads on
• joshes
• puts on

2

as in flits

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flits
• flutters
• darts
• dances
• flicks
• scurries
• flickers
• flies
• zips
• wanders
• flitters
• speeds
• sails
• scuttles
• skips
• scampers
• zooms
• sprints
• roams
• zings
• meanders
• dashes
• shoots
• skitters
• rambles
• scuds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs
• floats
• hovers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flirts

Noun

The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026

One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

As crude flirts with prices of $100 a barrel or more on the back of the war in Iran, could the US oil sector ride to the rescue of consumers? — David Wethe, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026

In the visual, Faith is in a bar singing about and to her love interest, as Thornton performs onstage, flirts, and drinks his way through the night. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025

Verb

Hal flirts with Kerry; John has an affair with Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), the wife of William Macon (Garret Dillahunt), a local cattle mogul whose compound has more high tech weaponry than a mere human would seem to need. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother. — David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026

Dishes are custom made in Italy and flown over, wine flirts between old world Italian wonders and bottles from local makers. — Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

From time to time the thermometer flirts with 70. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026

Surrounded by honeymooners, June tries (and flirts) to reclaim her joie de vivre, while Lela is deep in the dark. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2026

At a lawn party devoted to the game of cornhole, Clark flirts with Floyd’s wife and the two soon begin an affair, meeting for afternoon assignations at the local Quality Garden Suites. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

There is a genre-bending western; two stories blend speculative details with realism to portray women planning their escapes; three stories spec-ify the only-daughter experience; and one story flirts with where to begin. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

Throughout the episode, Rue also flirts with leaning full-on into religion. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026