Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contradance
1 sense of contradance
Sense 1
country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance -- (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
=> folk dancing, folk dance -- (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contradance
1 sense of contradance
Sense 1
contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse -- (perform a contradance)
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe -- (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio")