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Synonyms for dancing
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : dans, dahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : dæns, dɑns |
Top 10 synonyms for dancing Other synonyms for the word dancing
- a slave to
- abject
- accumulate
- acquiescent
- advance
- agitate
- aim
- amass
- ambulate
- amuse
- amuse oneself
- ascend
- at one's beck and call
- at one's mercy
- bat
- be carried along
- be life of party
- be suspended
- beam
- beat
- blaze
- blow the lid off
- bob
- bolt
- bootlicking
- bound
- brood over
- bubble
- buck
- burn
- canter
- caper
- caracole
- carouse
- carry on
- cavort
- clown
- coast
- coruscate
- cosset
- cowering
- cradle
- cringing
- cut capers
- cut loose
- cut up
- dally
- dance
- dancing
- descend
- disport
- divert
- docile
- draw near
- effervesce
- entertain oneself
- fawning
- fizz
- fizzle
- flare
- flash
- flee
- fleet
- flick
- fling
- flip
- flit
- flitter
- float
- flop
- flounce
- flow
- fluctuate
- flutter
- fly
- fondle
- fool around
- foot it
- frisk
- frolic
- gad
- gallivant
- gambol
- gather
- glance
- gleam
- glimmer
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- glow
- go backward
- go down
- go forward
- go on a spree
- go on a tear
- go places and do things
- go up
- go with the tide
- go-that-a-way
- grab
- gravitate
- graze
- hang about
- hippety-hop
- hoof
- hoof it
- hook
- hop
- horse around
- horseplay
- hover
- hurdle
- hurry
- hurtle
- idle away
- ignoble
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- inferior
- jiggle
- joke
- jolt
- jump
- kibitz
- kick around
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- lark
- leap
- let go
- let loose
- let one's hair down
- linger
- lop
- lope
- love
- lug
- make merry
- make off
- malinger
- mean
- meander
- menial
- mess around
- mince
- monkey around
- mosey
- move backward
- move forward
- muck
- nuzzle
- obeisant
- obsequious
- oscillate
- pace
- palpitate
- parade
- pass
- pet
- phosphoresce
- play
- pluck
- poise
- prance
- pull
- pulsate
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- raise hell
- rejoice
- resigned
- revel
- ricochet
- ride
- ride on knee
- ripple
- rock
- rollick
- romp
- roughhouse
- ruffle
- run
- rush
- sail
- sashay
- saunter
- scamper
- scintillate
- scoot
- scud
- seize
- servile
- shake
- shimmer
- shimmy
- shine
- shiver
- show off
- shrug
- skedaddle
- skim
- skip
- skirr
- skitter
- slavish
- slide
- sling
- snag
- snatch
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- sport
- spring
- stalk
- step
- stray
- stride
- stroll
- strut
- subject
- submissive
- swagger
- sweep
- swing
- sycophantic
- tend
- throb
- throw
- thrust
- tiptoe
- toss
- toy
- toy with
- traipse
- tread
- tremble
- trifle
- trip
- troop
- tug
- tweak
- twinkle
- twitch
- under one's thumb
- vault
- vellicate
- vibrate
- waft
- wait nearby
- walk
- wander
- wash
- waver
- whisk
- whiz
- whoop it up
- wiggle
- wing
- wink
- wobble
- wrench
- wrest
- wriggle
- wring
- yank
- zip
Définition of dancing
Origin :- c.1300, from dance (v.).
- As in subservient : adj extremely compliant
- As in jerk : verb move with lurch
- As in play : verb have fun
- As in prance : verb cavort; show off
- As in shimmer : verb glisten
- As in skip : verb bounce or jump over
- As in sparkle : verb glitter, shine
- As in step : verb move foot to walk
- As in caper : verb frolic, cavort
- As in shimmy : verb shake
- As in cavort : verb frolic, prance
- As in skitter : verb skip
- As in dandle : verb caress, cuddle
- As in drift : verb move aimlessly
- As in flicker : verb sparkle, flutter
- As in flit : verb flutter, move rapidly
- As in flutter : verb wave rapidly, flap
- As in frisk : verb cavort
- As in hop : verb jump on one leg
- As in hover : verb hang, float over
- Papa used to think that she had no talent for anything but dancing.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- It came in a most casual voice, despite the dancing delight in her face.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Earlier in the evening there had been a Big Eating at Opata's, and now the men were dancing.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- "It was good Medicine, too," spoke up the oldest of the dancing women.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- At the last there were left three men and the dancing women.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- You hear them calling from the house-tops, and the beat of bare feet on the dancing places.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The Countess, breathless from dancing, burst in upon the little group.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- But dancing was the only feminine accomplishment with which she had any acquaintance.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Lady Glenthorn and her set were dancing, and I was tired of these sounds of gaiety.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She had been dancing, and she was warm and red, her hair blowzed about her head.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
Antonyms for dancing
- allow
- be sad
- be still
- calm
- controlling
- darken
- decelerate
- decide
- delay
- direct
- disobedient
- disperse
- dissipate
- divide
- domineering
- dull
- face
- go direct
- guide
- halt
- let go
- lie
- listen
- meet
- permit
- release
- remain
- rest
- run
- scatter
- set
- settle
- slow
- soothe
- spend
- stand
- stay
- steady
- take on
- unhelpful
- unnecessary
- useless
- wait
- walk
- watch
- work
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