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Synonyms for dallyˈdæl i
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Princeton's WordNet
dally, toy, play, flirt(verb)
behave carelessly or indifferently
"Play about with a young girl's affection"
Synonyms:
recreate, make for, bring, wager, flirt, play, work, meet, take on, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, wreak, dawdle, toy, bet, roleplay, playact, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, philander, act, represent, mash, chat up, encounter, trifle, act asdally, dawdle(verb)
waste time
"Get busy--don't dally!"
Synonyms:
lag, flirt, play, linger, fall behind, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, dawdle, toy, fall back, philander, mash, chat up, triflechat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash(verb)
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
Synonyms:
flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifledally, trifle, play(verb)
consider not very seriously
"He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
Synonyms:
take on, fiddle, wanton, bet, spiel, act, romance, run, flirt, trifle, diddle, meet, coquette, piddle, roleplay, chat up, butterfly, act as, toy, encounter, playact, work, dawdle, make for, piddle away, play, represent, wanton away, frivol, bring, recreate, philander, coquet, mash, wreak, wager
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dally(v. n.)
Synonyms:
trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away timedally(v. n.)
Synonyms:
fondle, toy, interchange caresses
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #125 | work | |
| #516 | play | |
| #552 | act | |
| #608 | court | |
| #672 | run | |
| #859 | meet | |
| #1291 | sport | |
| #1425 | bring | |
| #2527 | dallas | |
| #2897 | toy | |
| #2976 | represent | |
| #3446 | delay | |
| #3681 | romance | |
| #4364 | bet | |
| #7213 | butterfly | |
| #7693 | encounter | |
| #11614 | squash | |
| #12398 | crush | |
| #13787 | squeeze | |
| #14447 | lag | |
| #14637 | woo | |
| #15427 | grind | |
| #17199 | daly | |
| #18579 | flirt | |
| #18731 | fiddle | |
| #18732 | crunch | |
| #20204 | mash | |
| #21203 | bray | |
| #21310 | dali | |
| #21425 | solicit | |
| #21903 | wager | |
| #26041 | recreate | |
| #29684 | spiel | |
| #32577 | linger | |
| #39191 | wanton | |
| #39769 | roleplay | |
| #48580 | trifle | |
| #51515 | wreak | |
| #62045 | squelch | |
| #72473 | diddle | |
| #75746 | procrastinate | |
| #81209 | dally | |
| #81303 | coquette | |
| #93814 | fondle | |
| #124580 | philander | |
| #129771 | frivol | |
| #160975 | piddle | |
| #218314 | dawdle | |
| #228775 | coquet |
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