Thesaurus:dance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a sequence of rhythmic steps or movements performed to music
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- allemande
- beguine
- bergamask
- bolero
- bossa-nova
- boston
- bourrée
- bransle
- buck-and-wing
- cabriole
- cakewalk
- canary
- cancan
- capoeira
- carioca
- cha-cha
- chaconne
- cinque-pace
- conga
- contredanse
- cotillion
- courante
- czardas
- disco
- doppio
- ductia
- dump
- estampie
- fandango
- farandole
- farruca
- flamenco
- foxtrot
- galliard
- galop
- gavotte
- gigue
- habanera
- haka
- hop
- hora
- hornpipe
- hula
- jig
- jitterbug
- jive
- juba
- kazachoc
- kazatzka
- ketjak
- kolo
- ländler
- limbo
- lindy
- Macarena
- malaguena
- mambo
- matachin
- maxixe
- mazurka
- merengue
- minuet
- monster mash
- moresco
- morris
- moshing
- one-step
- passacaglia
- passepied
- pavane
- polacca
- polka
- polonaise
- quadrille
- quickstep
- reel
- rigadoon
- round
- roundel
- rumba
- salsa
- saltarello
- samba
- sarabande
- schottische
- seguidilla
- shag
- shimmy
- shuffle
- slam-dancing
- stomp
- strathspey
- tango
- tarantella
- tordion
- tricotee
- twist
- two-step
- varsovienne
- volta
- waltz
- zamacueca
- zambra
- zapateado
- ziganka
- zoppetto
- zouk
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “dance” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.