idylls

The word “idylls” has 2 syllables: i-dylls

It's pronounced as /ˈaɪdəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for idylls?

In the thesaurus, “idylls” has 37 synonyms and 1 antonym.

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


Synonyms for idylls

  • amusements
  • antics
  • benders
  • binges
  • brannigans
  • bums
  • busts
  • capers
  • carouses
  • diversions
  • enjoyments
  • entertainments
  • escapades
  • festivities
  • field days
  • flings
  • frisks
  • frolics
  • gambols
  • indulgences
  • larks
  • merriments
  • merrymakings
  • monkeyshines
  • pleasures
  • ploys
  • pranks
  • recreations
  • revels
  • rollicks
  • romps
  • self-indulgences
  • shenanigans
  • souses
  • splores
  • sprees
  • toots

Antonyms for idylls

  • continuation

Meanings of idylls

  • noun
    1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
    2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
    3. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Example Sentences

  • The poet's collection of pastoral idylls celebrates the beauty of nature and simplicity.
  • Reading the romantic idylls by the lake filled her heart with a sense of longing and nostalgia.
  • In literature, idylls often depict idealized scenes of rural life, untouched by modernity.
  • The artist's paintings captured the essence of peaceful idylls in the countryside.
  • The writer's series of short stories explored the theme of lost idylls in a rapidly changing world.

On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to idylls, such as: amusements, antics, benders, binges, brannigans, bums, busts.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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calf-loves

  • affairs
  • amours
  • attachments
  • dalliances
  • entanglements
  • flings
  • flirtations
  • hanky-pankies
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • infatuations
  • intrigues
  • liaisons
  • love affairs
  • loves
  • passions
  • puppy loves
  • romances

eclogues

  • English sonnets
  • anacreontics
  • ballads
  • blank verses
  • clerihews
  • dithyrambs
  • elegies
  • epics
  • epigrams
  • epodes
  • epopees
  • eposes
  • free verses
  • georgics
  • haiku
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • jingles
  • laments
  • lays
  • limericks
  • lyrics
  • madrigals
  • minstrelsies
  • odes
  • pastorales
  • pastorals
  • poems
  • poesies
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  • psalms
  • rhymes
  • rimes
  • rondeaux
  • rondelets
  • rondelles
  • rondels
  • runes
  • senryu
  • songs
  • sonnets
  • tankas
  • triolets
  • vers libres
  • versifications
  • villanelles

gambols

  • amusements
  • antics
  • benders
  • binges
  • bound
  • bounds
  • brannigans
  • bums
  • busts
  • caper
  • capers
  • carouses
  • carries on
  • carry on
  • cavort
  • cavorts
  • clowns
  • curvets
  • cut
  • cut a caper
  • cut loose
  • cuts capers
  • cuts up
  • dances
  • disports
  • diversions
  • enjoyments
  • entertainments
  • escapades
  • festivities
  • field days
  • flings
  • fool around
  • fools around
  • frisk
  • frisks
  • frolic
  • frolics
  • hop
  • hops
  • horse around
  • horses around
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • indulgences
  • joyrides
  • jump
  • kibitz around
  • kites
  • lark
  • larks
  • leap
  • leaps
  • lopes
  • merriments
  • merrymakings
  • monkeyshines
  • play
  • pleasures
  • ploys
  • prance
  • prances
  • pranks
  • recreations
  • revel
  • revels
  • roister
  • roisters
  • rollick
  • rollicks
  • romp
  • romps
  • roughhouses
  • self-indulgences
  • shenanigans
  • skip
  • skips
  • skylarks
  • souses
  • splores
  • sport
  • sports
  • sprees
  • spring
  • springs
  • toots
  • trips
  • tumbles
  • whoop it up

larks

  • amusements
  • antic
  • antics
  • benders
  • binges
  • bounds
  • brannigans
  • bums
  • busts
  • caper
  • capers
  • carouses
  • carries on
  • cavorts
  • clowns
  • curvets
  • cuts capers
  • cuts up
  • dances
  • disports
  • diversions
  • enjoyments
  • entertainments
  • escapade
  • escapades
  • festivities
  • field days
  • flings
  • fools around
  • frisks
  • frolic
  • frolics
  • fun
  • gambols
  • hops
  • horseplay
  • horses around
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • indulgences
  • joyrides
  • kites
  • leaps
  • lopes
  • merriments
  • merrymakings
  • mischief
  • monkey business
  • monkeyshines
  • pleasures
  • ploys
  • practical joke
  • prances
  • prank
  • pranks
  • recreations
  • revels
  • roisters
  • rollicks
  • romps
  • roughhouses
  • self-indulgences
  • shenanigans
  • skips
  • skylarks
  • souses
  • splores
  • sports
  • sprees
  • springs
  • stunt
  • tomfoolery
  • toots
  • trips
  • tumbles

madrigals

  • English sonnets
  • anacreontics
  • ballads
  • blank verses
  • clerihews
  • dithyrambs
  • eclogues
  • elegies
  • epics
  • epigrams
  • epodes
  • epopees
  • eposes
  • free verses
  • georgics
  • haiku
  • idylls
  • idyls
  • jingles
  • laments
  • lays
  • limericks
  • lyrics
  • minstrelsies
  • odes
  • pastorales
  • pastorals
  • poems
  • poesies
  • poetries
  • psalms
  • rhymes
  • rimes
  • rondeaux
  • rondelets
  • rondelles
  • rondels
  • runes
  • senryu
  • songs
  • sonnets
  • tankas
  • triolets
  • vers libres
  • versifications
  • villanelles

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