gambol

The word “gambol” has 2 syllables: gam-bol

It's pronounced as /ˈɡæmbəl/


What is synonym and antonym for gambol?

In the thesaurus, “gambol” has 68 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gambol along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gambol

  • amusement
  • antic
  • bender
  • binge
  • bound
  • brannigan
  • bum
  • bust
  • caper
  • carouse
  • carry on
  • cavort
  • clown
  • curvet
  • cut
  • cut a caper
  • cut capers
  • cut loose
  • cut up
  • dance
  • disport
  • diversion
  • enjoyment
  • entertainment
  • escapade
  • festivity
  • field day
  • fling
  • fool around
  • frisk
  • frolic
  • hop
  • horse around
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • indulgence
  • joyride
  • jump
  • kibitz around
  • kite
  • lark
  • leap
  • lope
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • play
  • pleasure
  • ploy
  • prance
  • prank
  • recreation
  • revel
  • roister
  • rollick
  • romp
  • roughhouse
  • self-indulgence
  • skip
  • skylark
  • souse
  • splore
  • sport
  • spree
  • spring
  • toot
  • trip
  • tumble
  • whoop it up

Antonyms for gambol

  • face
  • mope
  • pout
  • stew
  • sulk

Meanings of gambol

  • noun
    1. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
    2. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.
  • verb
    1. To move about playfully; to frolic.
    2. To do a forward roll.

Example Sentences

  • The lambs in the meadow began to gambol playfully, showcasing their joyous and carefree spirits.
  • After the heavy rainfall, children took to the puddles to gambol and splash in the water.
  • The puppies were full of energy and would gambol around the yard, chasing each other with excitement.
  • As the sun set, the dancers began to gambol across the stage, expressing the exuberance of the performance.
  • In the lush forest, deer could be seen to gambol gracefully, leaping and frolicking in the open spaces.

On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gambol, such as: amusement, antic, bender, binge, bound, brannigan, bum.

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Related Words

dabble

  • amuse
  • amuse oneself with
  • be amateur
  • cavort
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • delight
  • dilly-dally
  • disport
  • divert
  • entertain
  • fiddle with
  • flirt with
  • frisk
  • frolic
  • gambol
  • goldbrick
  • hang
  • hang about
  • horse around
  • idle
  • jest
  • joke
  • kid around
  • loaf
  • mess around
  • monkey
  • monkey around
  • muck around
  • not be serious
  • play
  • play around
  • play games with
  • please
  • recreate
  • relax
  • rest
  • rollick
  • romp
  • screw around
  • skylark
  • sport
  • tease
  • toy
  • toy with
  • trifle
  • trifle with
  • work superficially

dabbled

dabbles

dabbling

  • amateurish
  • amusing
  • antic
  • artsy fartsy
  • bare
  • cavorting
  • coltish
  • coy
  • crude
  • cut short
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • defective
  • deficient
  • delay
  • delaying
  • delightful
  • delighting
  • devilish
  • dilettante
  • dilly-dallying
  • disporting
  • diverting
  • elfish
  • energetic
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • faulty
  • fay
  • formless
  • found wanting
  • fragmentary
  • frisking
  • frisky
  • frittering
  • frivoling
  • frivolous
  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • frolicsome
  • fun
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • gay
  • goldbricking
  • goofy
  • green
  • half-baked
  • half-cocked
  • half-done
  • hanging
  • hanging about
  • happy
  • idling
  • immature
  • imperfect
  • impish
  • in the making
  • in the rough
  • incomplete
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • kittenish
  • knavish
  • lacking
  • larky
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • merry
  • messing around
  • mischievous
  • natural
  • not done
  • pixie
  • pixy
  • plain
  • playful
  • playing
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pleasurable
  • poking
  • prankish
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puttering
  • rascally
  • raw
  • recreating
  • relaxing
  • resting
  • roguish
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • rookie
  • rough
  • roughhewn
  • screwing around
  • shapeless
  • silly
  • sketchy
  • skylarking
  • spirited
  • sportful
  • sporting
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • spunky
  • teasing
  • tenderfoot
  • tentative
  • toying
  • trifling
  • unaccomplished
  • unadorned
  • unassembled
  • uncompleted
  • unconcluded
  • under construction
  • undeveloped
  • undone
  • unexecuted
  • unfashioned
  • unfulfilled
  • ungifted
  • unperfected
  • unpolished
  • unrefined
  • unskilled
  • vivacious
  • wanting
  • whimsical

dalliance

  • a little on the side
  • affair
  • amorous play
  • amusement
  • binge
  • buffoonery
  • carrying-on
  • dabbling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • delight
  • devilment
  • devilry
  • deviltry
  • dilly-dallying
  • diversion
  • enjoyment
  • entertainment
  • fling
  • fooling around
  • friskiness
  • frittering
  • frivoling
  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • fun
  • fun and games
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • hanky-panky
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • hilarity
  • hob
  • hobby
  • hobbyhorse
  • horseplay
  • idling
  • impishness
  • jinks
  • kick
  • knavery
  • lark
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • messing around
  • mischief
  • mischievousness
  • pastime
  • play
  • playfulness
  • playing
  • pleasance
  • pleasure
  • poking
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puttering
  • rascality
  • recreation
  • relationship
  • relaxation
  • revel
  • revelry
  • roguishness
  • rollick
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • seduction
  • sport
  • sportiveness
  • spree
  • tomfoolery
  • toying
  • trifling
  • waggery
  • wantonness
  • whoopee
  • working late at office

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