LARKER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

larker

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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

White women in my hometown, students at the University of Mississippi, were captured on video making racist gestures—gesturing and making sounds like monkeys—at their Black neighbors’ video doorbell.

— Claire Howorth, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
The movie follows an underground fight tournament hiding the auction of one of the last few surviving Yaki monkeys.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of monkey

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The youthful street urchins (Donnalesly Fondjo, Kiana Beverly and Aneesah Jemei) make for a good time, as do Juwon Tyrel Perry’s juicy vocal stylings for Audrey II.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
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

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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That sense of mischief and adventure lives on in everything Richard Lloyd ever played — and that’s why his guiding light still shines on.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026
An adrenaline junkie, spendthrift and incorrigible mischief-maker, Daniel arrives with his younger wife Ayesha and becomes the weekend’s most disruptive presence.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026

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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

The Cat in the Hat is first and foremost a fun-loving imp, and unfortunately, this film — far more maudlin than mischievous — doesn’t reflect that character.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
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

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