Synonyms for flirt
flɜrtflirt

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. flirtverb

   Synonyms:
   tease, coquet

   Antonyms:
   belittle

2. flirtverb

   A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

   Synonyms:
   tease, coquet

   Antonyms:
   belittle

3. flirtverb

   One who flirts; especially a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

   Synonyms:
   coquet, tease

   Antonyms:
   belittle

4. flirtverb

   To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.

   Synonyms:
   coquet, tease

   Antonyms:
   belittle

5. flirtverb

   To blurt out.

   Synonyms:
   tease, coquet

   Antonyms:
   belittle

6. flirtverb

   To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.

   Synonyms:
   tease, coquet

   Antonyms:
   belittle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteasernoun

   a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

   Synonyms:
   ribbing, vexer, prickteaser, tease, teasing, coquette, flirtation, annoyer, minx, coquetry, vamp, vamper, teaser, tantalization, flirting, toying, dalliance

2. flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toyingverb

   playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

   Synonyms:
   vamper, toying, minx, flirting, tease, vamp, dalliance, flirtation, coquetry, prickteaser, trifling, coquette, dawdling

3. chat 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:
   crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

4. dally, toy, play, flirtverb

   behave carelessly or indifferently

   "Play about with a young girl's affection"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, make for, bring, wager, play, dally, 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 as

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flirtverb

   Synonyms:
   throw (with a jerk), toss, fling, pitch, hurl, chuck, shy

2. flirtverb

   Synonyms:
   coquet, philander, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship

3. flirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   coquette, jilt

4. flirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   jerk, sudden fling

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. flirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   coquette, jilt, jill

2. flirtverb

   Synonyms:
   coquet, philander

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How to use flirt in a sentence?

1. Mitch McConnell:

   The bare minimum number is ... closer to 10,000, that's what you really need, to continue to flirt with the idea that it's not going to continue only encourages the other side and emboldens the other side.

2. Tuukka Rask:

   A lot, tuukka Rask -LRB- 40 -RRB-’s why I never really, in my head wanted to flirt with opportunity to go somewhere else. ... For us as players when you have a team like the Boston Bruins, basically a bunch of us have grown up together. So, you kind of feel that brotherhood. You do n’t want to leave guys on bad terms.

3. Anna Liss:

   I really thought the flirt wasn’t about having sex.

4. Louise Suggs:

   Golf is very much like a love affair, if you don't take it seriously, it's no fun, if you do, it breaks your heart. Don't break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.

5. Rue McClanahan:

   Bea came from a New York stage point of view, she always had what we call ‘the fourth wall.’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘Hi sailor.’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.