CAVORTING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in frolicking

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verb

present participle of cavort

as in dancing

to play and run about happily children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring

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Euphoric players cavorting in disbelief, long-suffering fans crumpling to their knees in tears, commentators’ voices cracking at the drama of it all. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026 McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee. — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Sea-facing rooms have views of passing ships, cavorting dolphins and the magnificent sunsets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026 Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025 As a member of the gentry, Thomas is crossing class lines by cavorting with the fishermen who work for his father-in-law. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2025

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Noun

Hummel Park, which straddles White Lick Creek near Plainfield, has a unique denizen frolicking in its woods and meadows.

— Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 May 2026

Definition of frolicking

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But dancers take the stage too because when Cubans play music, there will assuredly be dancing.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026
Instead, everyone in the main room is dancing under a glistening disco ball to the syncopations of Riva, a three-piece comprised of a psychedelic saxophonist, drummer and keyboardist.

— Mary Carreon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

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Formula 1 leads the way F1 has become an exemplar of a truly global sporting venture, driven in large part by off-track storytelling that builds the brands of its leading racers.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The pic, directed by Rebeca Huntt (Beba), follows two-time women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe from her working-class childhood in Redding, California, to international sporting fame and a prominent role in the fight for equal pay.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sporting

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Nor did great merrymaking surround its 2001 move to pioneer quantitative easing.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026

Definition of merrymaking

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Cam Schlittler pitched another playoff gem against the Red Sox, and Ben Rice also burned their hometown team with a late grand slam and six RBIs as the New York Yankees opened this Wild Card Series rematch by romping to a 9-0 victory Tuesday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

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