FLITTING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

flitting

verb

present participle of flit

as in darting

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden

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Recent Examples of flitting Early mornings at Mukwa are quiet, with mist rising off the river and birds flitting along the river bank. —

Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 In the garden, bumblebees, hummingbirds, and butterflies can be found flitting among the dazzling blooms. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 May 2026 The report said the ultra wealthy are more mobile than ever, buying homes around the world and flitting from city to city more frequently. —

Robert Frank, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 Although the Marshallese players were mostly stone-faced, their eyes—briefly flitting over to the crowd and the many cameras that followed them onto the field—belied both their excitement and anxiety at the gravity of the moment. —

Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Apr. 2026 This commentary was not from a wonkish TikToker nor a network pundit but from TMZ, the merciless purveyor of celebrity dirt, which published the images of Graham after a citizen vacationer noticed the senator flitting through the theme park and sent pictures. —

Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Chace Crawford catapulted to fame playing the scheming social butterflies flitting around Gossip Girl's Upper East Side. —

Rachel Desantis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026 Spring's warmth is settling in across southern Michigan, and hummingbirds will soon be flitting about the state. —

Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026 Jacir wants to show a cross section of people’s responses to these events, but the result often feels like scattershot scenes from a longer miniseries, flitting from one character to another with little narrative thrust or cohesion. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

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Arnaldi turned into some version of Carlos Alcaraz, scrambling all over the court, making miracle saves and darting winners down the line.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
In between takes while filming Cocktail (1988), the actor saw costar Elisabeth Shue darting toward a helicopter's tail rotor — which, when in motion, is barely visible and thus instantly lethal.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026