horse around - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | horse around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool around |
| Synonyms: | carry on, cavort, cut up, fool around, lark, play around, roughhouse, monkey around |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, cavort |
| Synonyms: | blow the lid off, bounce, bound, cut capers, cut loose*, dance, frisk, gambol, go on a tear, hop, horse around*, jump, kick up one's heels, leap, let loose, play, raise hell, rollick, romp, skip, spring, whoop it up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cavort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, prance |
| Synonyms: | caper, carry on*, cut loose*, cut up*, dance, fool around*, frisk, gambol, horse around*, horseplay, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse, sport, caracole, go places and do things, monkey around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play at; tinker |
| Synonyms: | dally, dilly-dally*, horse around*, idle, kid around*, mess around*, monkey*, play, play around*, trifle, amuse oneself with, be amateur, fiddle with, flirt with, monkey around, muck around, not be serious, play games with, toy with, trifle with, work superficially |
| Antonyms: | take seriously |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gambol |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tumble playfully |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, carry on, cavort, cut, cut a caper, cut loose*, fool around*, frisk, frolic, hop, horse around*, jump, kibitz around, kick up one's heels, lark, leap, play, prance, revel, roister, rollick, romp, skip, sport, spring, whoop it up |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goof off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid work |
| Synonyms: | bum around, coast, diddle, dog it, doodle, drag one's feet, featherbed, fiddle around, fluff off, fool around, hang around, hang out, horse around, lollygag, mess around, monkey around, putz around, screw off, shirk, slack, take it easy |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around*, jape, jest, jive*, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast*, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack* |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
| Synonyms: | coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally*, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around*, fritter, horse around*, idle, loiter, lounge, misuse, monkey, palter, play, putter, squander, string along*, toy, wanton, waste, waste time, amuse oneself, be insincere, fool with, fribble*, futz around, indulge in, lead on, lollygag, mess with, monkey with, philander, play games with, play with, potter, twiddle, use up, wink at* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act the fool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a fool of oneself |
| Synonyms: | horse around, play the fool |
| Main Entry: | dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | drag, fool around, horse around*, idle, lag, linger, loiter, play around*, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, waste time, boondoggle, fool with, fritter away, hang about, jerk off, lollygag, play games with, trifle with, while away |
| Antonyms: | hasten, hurry, push, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have fun |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, be life of party, caper, carouse, carry on, cavort, clown, cut capers, cut up*, dally, dance, disport, divert, entertain oneself, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on a spree, horse around*, idle away, joke, jump, kibitz, kick up heels, let go, let loose, let one's hair down, make merry, mess around*, rejoice, revel, romp, show off, skip, sport, toy, trifle |
| Antonyms: | work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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