prancers

Lively show horses

Prancers is the plural of prancer—one who prances, moving with high, springy steps in a showy or spirited manner.

The word often describes horses with a lively gait or, more playfully, people walking with exaggerated self-importance: Look at those prancers strutting down the red carpet.

Prancer is also one of Santa's reindeer.

movement

strutting

Walking with exaggerated pride

high-stepping · skipping · frolicking · capering · gamboling · bouncing · leaping · sprightly · jaunty · lively

horses

dressage

Competitive precision riding

trotting · high-stepping · parade · carriage · show horse · Lipizzaner · gaited · passage · mane · hoof

dancers

ballet

Classical dance on pointe

cabaret · revue · cancan · high-stepping · kick line · troupe · performers · sequins · costumes · stage

reindeer

Dasher

Swift-moving sleigh animal

  • BlitzenGerman word for lightning
  • RudolphFamous red-nosed reindeer
  • CometBranded abrasive cleaning product

Cupid · Donner · sleigh · Santa · caribou · antlers · hooves · harness · jingle · rooftop

Opposites
movement style

prancersplodders

Slow, persistent workers

trudgers · shufflers · lumberers · stompers · clompers

energy/spirit

prancerssluggards

Habitually inactive people

laggards · dawdlers · mopes · slouchers · droops

Family

prance, pranced, prances, prancer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G