flirt with

1. 1.

   take into consideration, have in view

   “He entertained the notion of moving to South America”

   Synonymsentertainthink oftoy withthink about

   Broadercontemplate

Questions about flirt with

What does flirt with mean?

flirt with means "take into consideration, have in view".

What is another word for flirt with?

Close synonyms include entertain, think of, toy with, think about. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flirt with a common word?

flirt with is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.