LARKER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

larker

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as in skylarker

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Noun

For the second of two F--- Cancer gigs, Reynoso has racked up a gloriously absurd 13 local bands on one madcap, rapid-fire club bill, where each will swarm the stage rig to plug in and play 10-minute sets before giving way to the next act.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
The fare isn’t noteworthy or unique, except for the onion soup with its madcap, enormous puff pastry lid.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of madcap

Noun

The monkeys are adorable from a distance and mischievous up close.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
Philly kids who visited the academy could experience different ecosystems, from the snowy lands of the bobcat to rainforests home to giant monkeys.

— Lili Mei Granda Argianas, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of monkey

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In 2021, Graham portrayed the head of Sherlock Holmes’ band of street urchins on Netflix’s The Irregulars and recurred on the BBC’s Doctor Who.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
Picking the urchins up from their niches just takes a little clasp and a wiggle with a pair of tongs.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of urchin

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An alligator with a sense of humor knocked on a North Carolina woman’s front door in the middle of the night, and the rascal got a rather rude response.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026
Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of rascal

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Nicole Bottiglierivega Miami-Dade Corrections Nicole Bottiglierivega, 42, faces charges of third-degree grand theft, contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child, criminal mischief, and resisting an officer without violence.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
With modern elections often decided by extremely thin margins and billions of dollars sloshing through campaigns, both parties have ample incentives and opportunities to gain an edge through mischief involving third parties.

— New York Times, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of mischief

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Yet as a child he was considered more clever than cutup.

— Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of cutup

Noun

People have since replaced the imp with fictional people like Sam and Dean Winchester and Wednesday Addams, public figures like Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and even mascots like Ronald McDonald.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.

— Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 22 Sep. 2026

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