Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prance

1 sense of prance

Sense 1
strut, prance, swagger -- (a proud stiff pompous gait)
       => gait -- (a person's manner of walking)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prance

4 senses of prance

Sense 1
tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock -- (to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 2
prance -- (spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
prance -- (cause (a horse) to bound spring forward)
       => ride, sit -- (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare")

Sense 4
prance -- (ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward)
       => ride horseback -- (ride on horseback)