Synonyms of the word

romp

• v. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
• v. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
• v. To win easily.
• v. (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
• n. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
• n. (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
• n. (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

blowout

• n. A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire.
• n. A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
• n. A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
• n. (slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
• n. (geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
• n. (Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
• n. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
• n. An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.

caper

• n. A playful leap or jump.
• n. A jump while dancing.
• n. A prank or practical joke.
• n. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
• n. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
• v. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
• v. To jump as part of a dance.
• v. To engage in playful behaviour.
• n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
• n. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled…
• n. A plant of the genus Capparis.
• n. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

cavort

• v. (originally intransitive) To prance, said of mounts.
• v. (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

disport

• v. (transitive, intransitive) to amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; to cavort or gambol.
• v. To display ostentatiously.
• v. To remove from a port; to carry away.
• n. (archaic) A pastime; anything which diverts one from serious matters; a game; sport; relaxation, recreation;…
• n. (obsolete) Fun; gaiety; merriment; mirth; joy.
• n. (obsolete) Deportment; bearing; carriage.
• n. (obsolete) orientation; elevation; bearing.

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

frisk

• adj. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
• n. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
• v. To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
• v. To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.

frolic

• adj. (now rare) Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
• adj. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
• n. Gaiety; merriment.
• n. A playful antic.
• v. (intransitive) To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.

gambol

• v. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
• v. (Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
• n. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
• n. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

girl

• n. A female child, adolescent, or young woman; by extension, a young female animal.
• n. Any woman, regardless of her age. (see usage notes).
• n. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes).
• n. (uncommon, card games) A queen (the playing card.).
• n. (colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes).
• n. One's girlfriend.
• n. One's daughter.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
• n. (US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
• v. (transitive) To feminize or girlify.

hoyden

• n. (archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
• adj. Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a hoydenish manner.

lark

• n. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
• n. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
• n. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
• v. To catch larks.
• n. A romp, frolic, some fun.
• n. A prank.
• v. To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
• v. To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

laugher

• n. One who laughs.
• n. A variety of the domestic pigeon.

miss

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fail to hit.
• v. (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
• v. (transitive) To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.
• v. (transitive) To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.
• v. (transitive) To fail to attend.
• v. (transitive) To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
• v. (poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
• v. (sports) To fail to score (a goal).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go wrong; to err.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
• n. A failure to hit.
• n. A failure to obtain or accomplish.
• n. An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
• n. (computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
• n. A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
• n. An unmarried woman; a girl.
• n. A kept woman; a mistress.
• n. (card games) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted…

missy

• n. A young female; miss.
• adj. Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.
• n. (mineralogy) Alternative form of misy.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

recreation

• n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• n. The process of recreating something.
• n. The result of this process.

rollick

• v. To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp.
• v. (Euphemism for bollock; also spelled rollock) To reprimand.

run

• v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
• v. (fluids) To flow.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
• v. (social) To carry out an activity.
• v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
• v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
• v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
• v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
• v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
• v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
• v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
• v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
• v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
• v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
• v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
• v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
• v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
• v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
• v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
• v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
• v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
• v. To have growth or development.
• v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
• v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
• v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
• n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
• n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
• n. A pleasure trip.
• n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
• n. Migration (of fish).
• n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
• n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
• n. A (regular) trip or route.
• n. The route taken while running or skiing.
• n. The distance sailed by a ship.
• n. A voyage.
• n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
• n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
• n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
• n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
• n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
• n. A trial.
• n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
• n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
• n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
• n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
• n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
• n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
• n. Any sudden large demand for something.
• n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
• n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
• n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
• n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
• n. (cricket) A point scored.
• n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
• n. Unrestricted use of.
• n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
• n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
• n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
• n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
• n. A pair or set of millstones.
• n. (video games) A playthrough.
• n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
• n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
• n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
• adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
• adj. Cast in a mould.
• adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
• adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

runaway

• n. A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
• n. A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
• n. (usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
• n. The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
• n. An overwhelming victory.
• adj. having run away; escaped; fugitive.
• adj. easily won, as a contest.
• adj. unchecked; rampant.
• adj. (informal) deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially…

shoo-in

• n. (horse racing) The winner of a fixed race, a fixed race.
• n. (idiomatic) A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; somebody who is…

skylark

• n. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.
• v. (dated, originally nautical) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.

sport

• n. (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that…
• n. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
• n. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
• n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
• n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
• n. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
• n. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
• n. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some…
• n. (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
• n. (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
• n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question).
• n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
• v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
• v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
• v. (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
• v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
• v. (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
• v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
• v. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species;…
• v. (transitive) To close (a door).

tomboy

• n. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

triumph

• n. A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
• n. A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
• n. (obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
• n. A state of joy or exultation at success.
• n. (obsolete) A trump card.
• n. A card game, also called trump.
• n. (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement…
• n. A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
• v. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
• v. To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
• v. To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
• v. To be prosperous; to flourish.
• v. To play a trump in a card game.

victory

• n. (countable) An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.
• n. (uncountable) The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.
• n. (countable) A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.
• v. (rare) To achieve a victory.

walkaway

• n. An easy victory; a walkover.

win

• n. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
• v. (intransitive) To reach some destination despite difficulties (generally with a preposition or locative…
• v. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
• v. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
• v. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
• v. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
• n. gain; profit; income.
• n. wealth; owndom; goods.
• n. an individual victory (opposite of a loss).
• n. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail).