LARKER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

larker

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as in skylarker

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Noun

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
New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of madcap

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Long-range inhibitory neurons marked by the activity of these genes have been known for some time, based on studies in monkeys, but researchers couldn’t figure out how to manipulate them using these genes.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
The decision comes two weeks after a video captured Lincoln-Way East students making monkey-like gestures toward Homewood-Flossmoor students during a football game on September 4th.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

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Culinary is a focus of Shiki-Shima, with travelers on the 3-night route introduced to sea urchin fresh from the sea, Japanese tea culture, and sushi using fish from Niigata.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
Johns began his climb to the top of the hair-color pyramid as a part-Italian, part-Yugoslavian, part-French urchin in the Pittsburgh projects.

— Vanessa Friedman, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of urchin

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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
Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.

— Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Definition of rascal

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According to Florida Department of Corrections records, Antoine was on a four-year probation for a 2024 criminal mischief felony charge.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Election deniers on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin could make mischief in 2028.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 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

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