Synonyms for coquetry
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
Related words
- Other spellings
- coquettery
Forms
- Plural
- coquetries → flirtations, toyings, flirtings, flirts…
Example sentences
- flirting Tom didn't notice that Mary was flirting with him.
- flirt Yanni liked very much to flirt with young women.
- toying Sami was just toying with my affections.
- flirtation How do you handle flirtation?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| coquetry | rising | |
| flirting | rising | |
| flirt | rising | |
| toying | rising | |
| flirtation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- flirt1
- 6 letters
- toying2
- 8 letters
- flirting2
- 9 letters
- dalliance3
- 10 letters
- flirtation3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (toying2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- coquetterie
- Español
- coquetería
- Deutsch
- Koketterie