Dance
Dance verb - To perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music.
Usage example: she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands
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Synonyms for Dance
Step is a synonym for dance in repetition topic. In some cases you can use "Step" instead the word "Dance" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like moving feet and body to music.
Step
Step verb - To perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music.
Usage example: she was in her element, happily stepping around the dance floor
Dance is a synonym for step in activity topic. You can use "Dance" instead the word "Step" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as move, bound, repetition, move foot to walk.
How words are described
| old | old dance | old step |
| best | best dance | best step |
| single | single dance | single step |
| simple | simple dance | simple step |
| Other adjectives: little, tiny, new, final, next, last, ballet. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The 'Stick and Bucket' dance, as performed by the Lancre morris men — we never get to see what it does, but any dance that has a step called 'KILL!
Source: Dance Battler - There is also an example of this with, again, Daniel, as he leaves the Next Step studio for a rivaling dance studio known as Superstar, all because the studio allowed him a dance solo for nationals.
Source: Series / The Next Step - The Life And Times Of A Winning Pony: Ponies who hear a rusalkas song are forced to dance with it until they miss a step and the rusalka kills them, or until it gets bored and kills them anyway.
Source: Involuntary Dance
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Step and Dance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/step
Dance & Step. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/step>.
Step or Dance. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/step.
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