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dalliance
Overview of noun dalliance
The noun dalliance has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dalliance, dawdling, trifling -- (the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working)
2. flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying -- (playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dalliance
2 senses of dalliance
Sense 1
dalliance, dawdling, trifling
=> delay, holdup
=> inactivity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun dalliance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dalliance
2 senses of dalliance
Sense 1
dalliance, dawdling, trifling
=> delay, holdup
Sense 2
flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
Antonyms of noun dalliance
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Attributes of noun dalliance
Derived Forms of noun dalliance
2 senses of dalliance
Sense 1
dalliance, dawdling, trifling
RELATED TO>(verb) dally#2
=> dally, dawdle
Sense 2
flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
RELATED TO>(verb) dally#1
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
RELATED TO>(verb) dally#3
=> chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
Domain of noun dalliance
Domain Terms of noun dalliance
Familiarity of noun dalliance
dalliance used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun dalliance
2 senses of dalliance
Sense 1
dalliance, dawdling, trifling
> delay, holdup
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap
=> demurrage
=> forbearance
=> postponement, deferment, deferral
=> procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
=> slowdown, lag, retardation
=> dalliance, dawdling, trifling
=> filibuster
=> tarriance, lingering
Sense 2
flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
=> flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
=> folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
=> game
=> horseplay
=> teasing
=> word play
Meronyms of noun dalliance
2 senses of dalliance
Holonyms of noun dalliance
Grep of noun dalliance
dalliance
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