| Main Entry: | frisky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of spirit |
Synonyms: |
active, antic, bouncy, coltish, dashing, feeling one's oats, frolicsome, full of beans, gamesome, high-spirited, in high spirits, jumpy, kittenish, larkish, lively, peppy, playful, prankish, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive, wicked, zesty, zippy |
Antonyms: |
depressed, down, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | frolicsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
Synonyms: |
antic, coltish, frisky, fun, gamesome, gay, gleeful, happy, impish, jocular, jovial, kittenish, lively, merry, mischievous, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sprightly |
Antonyms: |
serious, staid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil-may-care, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasure-seeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy |
Antonyms: |
depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | jaunty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care, devilish, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, prankish, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, swaggering, trim, venturesome, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | playful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, fun-loving |
Synonyms: |
antic, blithe, cheerful, coltish, comical, elvish, feeling one's oats, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep, gamesome, gay, good-natured, impish, jaunty, jesting, jocund, joking, joyous, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischievous, prankish, puckish, rollicking, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, teasing, tongue-in-cheek, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, zippy |
Antonyms: |
humorless, serious, working |
| Main Entry: | sporting/sportive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful and fair |
Synonyms: |
antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, frisky, frolicsome, full of fun, game, gamesome, gay, generous, impish, jaunty, joyous, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportspersonlike, sprightly, square, wild |
Antonyms: |
unfair, unplayful, unsporting |
| Main Entry: | waggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, bubbly, cheerful, clowning, comical, frolicsome, funny, gamesome, gay, humorous, jaunty, jesting, jocular, jocund, joking, jolly, joyous, kittenish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, snappy, spirited, teasing, whimsical, witty |
| Main Entry: | sporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
Synonyms: |
antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, fair, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, gay, generous, gentlemanly, impish, jaunty, joyous, kittenish, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, sprightly, square, square dealing, square shooting, straight shooting, waggish, wild |
Antonyms: |
unsporting |
| Main Entry: | sportive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
Synonyms: |
boon, festive, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, jocular, merry, prankish, sprightly, wanton |
Antonyms: |
solemn, staid |