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Synonyms for dally
ˈdæl idal·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
dally, toy, play, flirtverb
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, dawdleverb
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, mashverb
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, playverb
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dallyverb
Synonyms:
trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away timedallyverb
Synonyms:
fondle, toy, interchange caresses
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#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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