LARKS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

larks 1 of 2

noun

plural of lark

as in sprees

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

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larks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lark

as in dances

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 larks

Noun

That includes a bird-calling scene that sees the duo strolling through the forest and offering up their own spin on the calls of thrushes and larks. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 June 2026 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 Nathan Fielder projects tend to appear like odd larks, then wind back to reveal themselves as extremely personal inquiries. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. —

Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for larks

Noun

Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026