All dalliance synonyms

noun dalliance

• love affair — a romantic relationship or episode between lovers; an amour.
• fling — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
• idling — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• loafing — to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
• trifling — of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
• poking — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
• toying — an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
• affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
• seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
• relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
• delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
• dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
• frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
• loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
• puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
• hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
• frolicking — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
• flirtation — the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
• romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
• liaison — the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
• involvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
• coquetry — flirtation
• dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace