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Synonyms for cavort

Most common

frolic prance romp caper

All synonyms

Verb

1. Frolic — to move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously

frolic, prance, romp, caper, leap, lark, sport, frisk, lark about, skylark, gambol, rollick, curvet, disport dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

Forms

Past participle
cavorted
e.g. cavorted → frolicked, pranced, romped, capered…

Example sentences

  • romp My dog likes to romp in the snow.
  • frolic The children frolic in the meadow, chasing butterflies.
  • prance Don't prance about. Sit down and pay attention.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cavortrising
caperrising
romprising
frolicrising
prancerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
leap1, lark1, romp1
5 letters
sport1, caper2, frisk1
6 letters
frolic2, prance1, gambol, curvet
7 letters
skylark2, disport, rollick

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (caper2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cabrioler