GAMBOL Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of gambol

as in spree

a time or instance of carefree fun she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers

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gambol

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verb

ˈgam-bəl

as in to cavort

to play and run about happily dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn

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Recent Examples of gambol

Noun

In my backyard, rabbits gambol, squirrels leap and the birds sing with a new exuberance now that there’s no traffic noise from the nearby highway. — Claire Messud, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2020 Designed by Amanda Villalobos, the prehistoric arthropods in this show gambol about with googly eyes and flicking antennas and tails. — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020

Verb

His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025 The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gambol

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Noun

Olive and Nikki are two of four Girl Scouts whose six-week selling spree is followed in Cookie Queens.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026
Valeria Mongelli / Anadolu via Getty Images The previous year, a former police officer killed 36 people during a three-hour shooting and stabbing spree in the country’s northeast.

— Nat Sumon, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of spree

Verb

Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Actors depicting a who’s who of artists, like Picasso and Warhol, cavort around the stage.

— Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of cavort

Noun

Superhero movies weren't dominating the box office, and tapping the Evil Dead director for a PG-13 action romp that had been in development hell for 25 years wasn't guaranteed to work out.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026
The critter gained numerous fans during its brief romp around Comerica, with the crowd booing after its capture and again when Miller called for a round of applause for the ground crew after the ordeal.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of romp

Verb

When half of the crowd are members of other bands on the bill, dancing alongside fans, little room is left for hierarchy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
The instruments and rhythms dance with Lenae’s sinuous vocals, nudging her into odd pockets, uplifting her notes.

— Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of dance

Verb

Pictures of healthy-looking people frolicking under avocado trees or whatever.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
This is a world of movers and shakers, and the plots have a frolicking quality that feels complementary to the Bob & Earl song that inspired the title of the first book, Harlem Shuffle.

— Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of frolic

Noun

Feeling slightly out of place amid this crowd is Annie, here on a lark to appease her sister.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 19 June 2026
That includes a bird-calling scene that sees the duo strolling through the forest and offering up their own spin on the calls of thrushes and larks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 June 2026

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