GAMBOLING Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

gamboling 1 of 2

noun

variants or gambolling

as in romping

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gamboling

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verb

variants or gambolling

present participle of gambol

as in dancing

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 gamboling

Noun

But her gamboling merrymakers, hammy showgirls, and blithe flaneurs insist otherwise. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Verb

The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town. — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026 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 Paiva children, including Vera (played as a young woman by Valentina Herszage) and Marcelo (played as a boy by Guilherme Silveira), are gamboling on a sunny beach, playing volleyball, and chasing a stray puppy. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamboling

Noun

Hummel Park, which straddles White Lick Creek near Plainfield, has a unique denizen frolicking in its woods and meadows.

— Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 May 2026

Definition of frolicking

Verb

The clips of the event that surfaced show male dancers in cowboy hats dancing and stripping on stage, reports the Daily Mail.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Sure, Jenna is a pro and Alan is a great partner, but chemistry takes time to build and still these two are dancing as a unit by Monday night.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of dancing

Noun

The setting for this multi-generational frolic is a gorgeous Greek island that is nothing like ABBA’s homeland of Sweden.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Launched in 2001 in its distinctive black bottle—inspired by a neoprene wetsuit and scuba tank, naturally—Surf Spray turned a frolic in the waves into an everyday styling ritual.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Definition of frolic

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
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of cavorting

Noun

Hans Op de Beeck’s first dalliance with a luxury house feels a lot like his art — hushed, contemplative, and slightly under the radar.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Jumpstarted by LaVell Edwards, the true father of the air raid offense, BYU has maintained national relevance through various conference iterations and even a dalliance with independence.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dalliance

Verb

The team assembles, jumping off lifeguard towers, leaping over beach patrons, and, of course, running and diving in slow motion to make the rescue.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
After Mesa's homer gave the Rays a 4-2 lead, Anthony Volpe appeared to hit a two-run shot against Griffin Jax with two outs in the bottom half as a fan reached over the left-field wall and caught the ball over the glove of a leaping Mesa.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaping

Noun

Of the Daise stick-on, Allure associate social media manager Katie Gunderman says her amusement with the accessory was short-lived.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 20 Oct. 2026
In IconArrows pointing outwards For an extra admission fee, the farm also offers amusement rides and carnival games.

— Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of amusement

Verb

The Italians have their evening passeggiata, and Spaniards practice the splendid art of the tapear, hopping from tapas joint to tapas joint in search of satisfaction and tipsiness.

— Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
The researchers developed four main control policies for driving, wheelies and hopping, flipping, and jumping.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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