Definition for Dancing:

• moving quickly and excitedly; " on dancing feet"

Synonyms for Dancing:

• adj.

  •subservient (adjective)
  • a slave to,
  • bootlicking,
  • deferential,
  • fawning,
  • acquiescent,
  • servile,
  • subject,
  • cowering,
  • docile,
  • slavish,
  • inferior,
  • obsequious,
  • submissive,
  • Obeisant,
  • resigned,
  • ignoble,
  • menial,
  • mean,
  • abject,
  • cringing.

• n.

  •
  • boogie,
  • cha-cha,
  • bolero,
  • bossa nova.
  •act (noun)
  • dancing,
  • saltation,
  • dance,
  • terpsichore.
  •active (noun)
  • active.

• v.

  •caper (verb)
  • hop,
  • skip,
  • whoop it up,
  • leap,
  • blow the lid off,
  • bound,
  • gambol,
  • cut loose,
  • jump,
  • spring,
  • go on a tear,
  • romp,
  • cut capers,
  • bounce,
  • frisk,
  • raise hell,
  • play,
  • kick up one's heels,
  • horse around,
  • let loose,
  • rollick.
  •cavort (verb)
  • carry on,
  • horseplay,
  • roughhouse,
  • fool around,
  • revel,
  • monkey around,
  • cut up,
  • go places and do things,
  • caracole,
  • caper.
  •dandle (verb)
  • cradle,
  • nuzzle,
  • love,
  • toss,
  • rock,
  • toy,
  • cosset,
  • toy with,
  • pet,
  • amuse,
  • fondle,
  • ride on knee.
  •drift (verb)
  • mosey,
  • wash,
  • muck,
  • malinger,
  • hover,
  • flicker,
  • ride,
  • coast,
  • accumulate,
  • be carried along,
  • go-that-a-way,
  • go with the tide,
  • kick around,
  • flitter,
  • sail,
  • saunter,
  • skim,
  • draw near,
  • aim,
  • flit,
  • gravitate,
  • scud,
  • waft,
  • linger,
  • flow,
  • stray,
  • gad,
  • tend,
  • float,
  • amble,
  • flutter,
  • slide,
  • gallivant,
  • amass,
  • wander,
  • gather,
  • meander,
  • stroll.
  •flicker (verb)
  • flash,
  • gleam,
  • oscillate,
  • quiver,
  • shimmer,
  • blare,
  • swing,
  • blink,
  • blaze,
  • burn,
  • vibrate,
  • scintillate,
  • waver,
  • glow,
  • quaver,
  • glitter,
  • glance,
  • twinkle,
  • flare,
  • fluctuate,
  • glimmer,
  • glint,
  • tremble.
  •flit (verb)
  • hurry,
  • rush,
  • run,
  • speed,
  • zip,
  • fly,
  • fleet,
  • whiz,
  • pass,
  • wing,
  • dart,
  • whisk,
  • sweep.
  •flutter (verb)
  • lop,
  • wiggle,
  • throb,
  • pulsate,
  • bat,
  • flop,
  • beat,
  • agitate,
  • wobble,
  • ripple,
  • shake,
  • drift,
  • shiver,
  • ruffle,
  • palpitate.
  •frisk (verb)
  • lark,
  • prance,
  • frolic,
  • trip.
  •hop (verb)
  • lope,
  • step,
  • vault,
  • skitter,
  • hurdle.
  •hover (verb)
  • hang about,
  • be suspended,
  • wait nearby,
  • brood over,
  • poise.
  •play (verb)
  • disport,
  • show off,
  • amuse oneself,
  • kibitz,
  • entertain oneself,
  • cavort,
  • dally,
  • be life of party,
  • joke,
  • idle away,
  • kick up heels,
  • trifle,
  • go on a spree,
  • carouse,
  • clown,
  • mess around,
  • make merry,
  • let one's hair down,
  • divert,
  • let go,
  • rejoice.
  •prance (verb)
  • mince,
  • sashay,
  • swagger,
  • parade,
  • strut,
  • stalk,
  • tread,
  • foot it,
  • hoof it,
  • flounce.
  •shimmer (verb)
  • jiggle,
  • phosphoresce,
  • coruscate,
  • sparkle,
  • shimmy,
  • shine.
  •skip (verb)
  • flee,
  • make off,
  • Skirr,
  • ricochet,
  • bolt,
  • carom,
  • buck,
  • bob,
  • hippety-hop,
  • scamper,
  • skedaddle,
  • canter,
  • tiptoe,
  • scoot,
  • graze.
  •sparkle (verb)
  • bubble,
  • fizz,
  • effervesce,
  • glisten,
  • fizzle,
  • spark,
  • wink,
  • beam.
  •step (verb)
  • go down,
  • ascend,
  • traipse,
  • troop,
  • ambulate,
  • go forward,
  • go backward,
  • move forward,
  • go up,
  • walk,
  • hoof,
  • stride,
  • descend,
  • move backward,
  • advance,
  • pace.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fandango,
  • square dance,
  • tango,
  • jitterbug,
  • war dance,
  • cancan,
  • conga,
  • tarantella,
  • foxtrot,
  • sword dance,
  • lambada,
  • rumba,
  • Macarena,
  • belly dance,
  • charleston,
  • quadrille,
  • polonaise,
  • mambo,
  • flamenco,
  • polka,
  • quickstep.
  •
  • limbo,
  • moonwalk,
  • jig,
  • salsa.
  •
  • two-step,
  • jive,
  • waltz.
  •
  • reel.
  •
  • twist.

Paraphrases for Dancing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    dance.
  • Proper noun, singular
    dance, dances.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dance.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    performing, bypassing, coming, diving, jumping, happy, Skipping, Doing.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    danse.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    choreography, danse.

Antonyms for Dancing:

• adj.

  • subservient
    disobedient, domineering, controlling, useless, unhelpful, unnecessary.

• v.

  • caper
    face, allow, permit.
  • dandle
    work.
  • drift
    disperse, divide, dissipate, scatter, run, set, direct, spend, guide, decide, stay, go direct.
  • flicker
    remain.
  • flit
    delay, slow, walk, halt, decelerate.
  • flutter
    soothe, steady, calm, be still.
  • hover
    rest, lie, settle.
  • jerk
    let go, release.
  • play
    watch, listen, be sad.
  • shimmer
    dull.
  • skip
    stand, take on, meet, wait.
  • sparkle
    darken.

Dancing Sentence Examples:

• You have been dancing?

• I called to my companion, 'Are you dancing?

Homophones for Dancing:

• dankness, dimensioning, downsizing, denseness, dinginess, diminishing, downswing, Detumescence, dance music, damaging.

Hypernym for Dancing:

• n.

  • act
    nauch, mambo, duet, toe dancing, Pas De Deux, slam dance, Pas Seul, courante, Nautch Dance, stage dancing, pavan, phrase, pas de trois, variation, ritual dance, hoofing, social dancing, break dancing, adagio, toe dance, ceremonial dance, slam dancing, choreography, break dance, nautch, step dancing, ritual dancing, skank, pavane, saraband, pas de quatre.

Hyponym for Dancing:

• n.

  • act
    recreation, diversion, performing arts.