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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Recent Examples of lark

Noun

His movies are goofs, larks, stunts, knowingly arch bizarro-world riffs. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026 Some of us are unambiguous morning larks. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

Verb

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 And it was discovered by accident, when Delap and a few team-mates were larking about in training. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for lark

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Noun

Vinson hit Bunch for a 34-yard TD strike late in the second quarter to end Maine South’s scoring spree.

— Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
After a hiring spree this year, the labor market has shown some signs of cooling.

— Rachel Barber, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of spree

Verb

Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
As skirts got shorter and the Jazz Age changed how women dressed, women wanted to show off their feet and looked for secure shoes for dancing.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dance

Verb

Miami got off to a promising start, taking a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute when Casemiro, who lined up as a center back, leaped above Montreal defenders and scored on a header off a Telasco Segovia corner kick.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
In the distance, a toddler in a matching Nike outfit literally leaped into the arms of a crying woman, perhaps a grandmother, squeezing tightly for a hug.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of leap

Verb

Brand manager Euan Franco flagged the trend online earlier this month, and decided to hop on the rhinestone bandwagon, hoping to resonate with SunLife’s consumers.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
On May 8, Michael Mott, 41, hopped a perimeter fence and entered an active runway at Denver International Airport.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of hop

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

Definition of gambol

Verb

Even the dreadful summer, when thousands of dead alewives washed ashore, couldn’t stop the O’Rourke kids from frolicking in Lake Michigan.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Set up shop on Ponquogue Beach or Meschutt Beach, and enjoy frolicking in the water and listening to the waves.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026

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