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Synonyms for toying

Most common

flirting flirt dalliance coquetry

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of one who toys.

Forms

Plural
toyings → flirtings, dalliances, flirtations, flirts…

Example sentences

  • flirting Tom didn't notice that Mary was flirting with him.
  • flirt Yanni liked very much to flirt with young women.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
toyingrising
flirtingrising
flirtrising
dalliancerising
coquetryrising

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

By length

5 letters
flirt1
8 letters
flirting2, coquetry
9 letters
dalliance3
10 letters
flirtation3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flirting2 = 2 syllables).