Dance
Dance verb - To perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music.
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Synonyms for Dance
Swing is a synonym for dance in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Swing" instead the word "Dance" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like leisure, prance, moving feet and body to music.
How words are described
| old | old dance | old swing |
| long | long dance | long swing |
| original | original dance | original swing |
| single | single dance | single swing |
| Other adjectives: awkward, simple, complicated, slow, little, quick, traditional, final, next, last, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The mid-'90s also saw the rebirth of swing music/dance, as well as some clothing styles (mostly bowling shirts) from The Fifties.
Source: Useful Notes / The '90s -
When Batwoman is active in Germany, she stumbles across an underground dance hall of teenagers dancing to swing music.
- In Medieval Mode, where every weapon is disabled except for melee weapons (and a few others), engaging an enemy becomes a dance, as combatants will alternate between closing in and spacing themselves out until someone decides to swing.
Source: Confusion Fu
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Swing and Dance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/swing
Dance & Swing. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/swing>.
Swing or Dance. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dance/swing.
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