LARK Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of lark

as in spree

a time or instance of carefree fun the kids will have a grand lark at the carnival

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verb

as in to dance

to play and run about happily we would rather lark about in the summer than get part-time jobs

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Noun

The Helton also comes with a removable pocket clip and a beaded lanyard that can be lark's footed around the attachment hole. — New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026 DiGiannantonio was part of a group of six men, most of them young, married fathers working in industries such as general contracting and liquor sales, who opened Hooters on a lark. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

Up on a hill overlooking Sarajevo, Karadžić, the proud champion of his nation, huddles inside a little red pod, formerly part of a cable car, trying to make a phone call to his wife while petting a puppy that larks around at his feet. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The Reting Rinpoche dispatched a search team of high lamas, who soon heard about a precocious 2-year-old who enjoyed larking inside chicken coops but also frequently spoke yearningly about making a long journey to Lhasa. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for lark

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Noun

European private equity firms are also on a marina buying spree to fill the shortage in the Mediterranean.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
From a writer’s perspective, one knock-on effect of the Substack boom has been the rising cachet around writing itself, despite the spree of recent news stories declaring the end of reading.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spree

Verb

Before dinner is served, a masked man approaches people in the crowd — half in costumes, half in formalwear — in Clifton’s second-story ballroom, once a swing dancing haven.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
This video is a great option for kids who like to dance and sing along to classic kids’ songs.

— Parents, Parents, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dance

Verb

Major figures such as Edie Falco, Kent Jones, and Isabella Rossellini leapt to his support, while donations to the CAC dried up, and box office receipts cratered, IndieWire reported last month.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 8 Nov. 2026
After of a week that saw MAGA’s political fangs knocked out by a big blue sock to jaw in the midterms, Saturday Night Live tonight leaped into the ring and started swinging from the cold open get-go.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of leap

Verb

Material defects caused the circuit’s resonant frequency to hop back and forth between two distinct states.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
The whole situation devolves from there, with Reed having to shoot Peter to prevent him from strangling her, destroying all of the surveillance tape, and hopping into a getaway car with Zeus and Spitfire after a very cursory search for Vita.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of hop

Verb

The playground, called The Yard, resembles a junkyard where kids are given free rein to saw plywood by hand, romp in mud pits, and nail together structures to climb and jump from.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
But Waititi, who wrote and directed the film, forgoes any attempt to capture the book’s existential depth, offering a manic, lighthearted robot romp instead.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of romp

Verb

Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
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, ABC News, 26 June 2026

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