ROLLICKS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

rollicks 1 of 2

noun

plural of rollick

as in sprees

a time or instance of carefree fun enjoying a summer rollick before knuckling down in medical school

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rollicks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rollick

as in plays

to engage in activity for amusement an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn

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as in dances

to play and run about happily children rollicking during recess

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Noun

This spring, college hoops teams went on staggering spending sprees, with some individual players set to earn as much as entire teams did a season ago.

— Brendan Marks, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The People’s Bank of China, for instance, has pushed for multi-month buying sprees, while the Reserve Bank of India has repatriated roughly 100 tonnes of gold back to domestic vaults.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of sprees

Noun

On the west coast, Gros and Petit Piton (Saint Lucia’s iconic volcanoes) rise from beneath the gin-clear sea to shelter the curvaceous coves at Anse Chastanet and Jalousie Beach, which inspire From Here To Eternity-style romps on the shore.

— Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Spring break isn’t just for partying college kids and family theme-park romps.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of romps

Verb

The spellbinding settings and cutting-edge attractions are complemented by bespoke merchandise which recreates the outlandish objects found in the films.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Tropical Islands recreates a balmy paradise in an old airship hangar about an hour from Berlin.

— Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

Definition of recreates

Verb

In one particularly zany scene that was teased to the public, Hart (OK, his stuntman) hops on a pink stretch limo zooming around the Brickell area.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Even to the extent that a particular state starts out with the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, differing (and sometimes wildly differing) application of those rules can vary as one hops across state borders.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of hops

Verb

In the scene where the Brits show up at Lasso’s house in Kansas, Sudeikis leaps over a flower bed and kicks his heels up in the air.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
If Mitchell’s resolution to his script’s dangling questions feels somewhat rote, a graceful epilogue leaps several decades forward to end matters on an interesting, unexpected note.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

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