Dancing

//ˈdɑːnsɪŋ//

Synonyms for "dancing" (68 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

aflicker ballet balletic beaming beatific beatified bickering blessed blinking blissful capering cheerful cheery chirping

Strong matches (20)

choreography dance desultory flashing flicker flickering flickering light flickery flicky flushed with joy flutter fluttering fluttery gay glad glancing light glowing guttering happy

Noun(1 words)

dance

Related words (34)

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

3 entries

diversion performing arts recreation

at location

2 entries

friend's wedding show

causes

31 entries

become tired becoming more agile becoming tired being tiered blisters closeness to others euphoria exercise exhaustion exhilerating expression fatigue feet to become sore foolish behaviour getting laughed at getting tired legs

Showing 16 of 31 words.

causes desire

2 entries

have party hear music

defined as

1 entries

rhythmic movement of body to music

derived

40 entries

Cotswold morris dancing Highland dancing Irish step dancing antidancing ballroom dancing barn dancing belly dancing border dancing break dancing break-dancing breakdancing country dancing dad dancing dad-dancing dancing bologna dancing girl

Showing 16 of 40 words.

form of

1 entries

dance

has context

1 entries

historical

has prerequisite

11 entries

being ablebodied body movement coordination floorspace good coordination inferior illogical carbon based lifeform movement music open space rhythm very good coordination

has property

1 entries

harder than parallel parking

has subevent

26 entries

become attracted to partner dip dip partner exercise fall falling in love get exercise having fun hear music hold hands with holding partner listen to music might listen to music movement moving necking

Showing 16 of 26 words.

is a

14 entries

coordinated body movement diversion great way to get fit great way to relieve tension motion pastime performing arts pleasing pastime popular past time rhythmic movement self expression social exercise way animals show sexual interest wiggling and oscillating

related to

3 entries

club dance france

used for

32 entries

ballerinas celebration ceremony enjoying music enjoying yourself entertainment exercise expressing emotion finding mate flirting fun getting exercise getting into shape getting workout graceful movement having fun

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

21 translations across 17 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

رَقْص noun (activity of dancing)

Chechen

1 entries

хелхар noun (activity of dancing)

Danish

1 entries

dans noun (activity of dancing)

Dutch

1 entries

dansen noun (activity of dancing)

Esperanto

1 entries

dancado noun (activity of dancing)

Finnish

1 entries

tanssiminen noun (activity of dancing)

German

1 entries

Tanzen noun (activity of dancing)

Hungarian

1 entries

tánc noun (activity of dancing)

Manx

2 entries

daunsey noun (activity of dancing)
rinkey noun (activity of dancing)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

dans noun (activity of dancing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

dans noun (activity of dancing)

Persian

2 entries

رقص noun (activity of dancing)
وشتن noun (activity of dancing)

Polish

2 entries

taniec noun (activity of dancing)
tańczenie noun (activity of dancing)

Swedish

2 entries

dans noun (activity of dancing)
dansande noun (activity of dancing)

Taos

1 entries

tòʼóne noun (activity of dancing)

Telugu

1 entries

నర్తించుట noun (activity of dancing)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

waganha noun (activity of dancing)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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When did you see her dancing with him?

Source: tatoeba (15594)

There is a book on dancing on the desk.

Source: tatoeba (20554)

They are dancing, intoxicated with the beauty of cherry blossoms.

Source: tatoeba (23762)

They were dancing with the music.

Source: tatoeba (25432)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.