caper

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CAPER

to play and run about happily <as summer drew to a close, the children spent their days wistfully capering on the beach>

Synonyms caper, cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport

Related Words bound, hop, leap, lope, skip, spring, trip, tumble; curvet, dance, prance; carouse, revel, roister; carry on, fool around, horse around; clown, cut up; joyride, roughhouse, skylark; kite

Near Antonyms mope, pout, stew, sulk

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