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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elfin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous; small |
| Synonyms: | delicate, devilish, disobedient, elfish, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, naughty, petite, playful, puckish, puny, slight, sprightly, tiny, misbehaving, prankish, rascally |
| Main Entry: | facetious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tongue-in-cheek, kidding |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | formal, grave, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flippant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
| Synonyms: | brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy*, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, superficial, lippy, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
| Synonyms: | barmy*, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed*, facetious, featherbrained*, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained*, idiotic, idle, impractical, juvenile, light, minor, niggling*, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained*, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek*, unimportant, volatile, whimsical, ill-considered, light-minded, nonserious, not serious, unprofound |
| Antonyms: | grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp*, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, waggish, whimsical, witty, campy, jokey, joshing, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
| Synonyms: | casual, devil-may-care*, devilish, elfin, fiendish, flippant, free and easy, fresh, frolicsome, giddy, jaunty, naughty, offhand, pert, playful, puckish, saucy*, sportive, waggish, elvish, pixieish, prankish, rascally |
| Antonyms: | subdued, behaved, unmischievous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, trim, venturesome, vivacious, gamesome, prankish, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, chirpy, gladsome, jokey, joshing, larking, lots of laughs |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lighthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree, untroubled |
| Synonyms: | blithe, bright, buoyant, cheerful, effervescent, expansive, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy-go-lucky*, high-spirited, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laid-back, lively, merry, playful, resilient, spirited, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious, volatile, blithesome, feelgood, lightsome |
| Antonyms: | depressed, troubled, upset, worried, heavy-hearted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merry |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lively, perky, playful, sunny, vivacious, blithesome, fun-loving, larking |
| Main Entry: | mischievous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devilish, wicked |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foxy*, frolicsome, harmful, hazardous, holy terror*, hurtful, ill, impish, injurious, insidious, irksome, malicious, malignant, naughty, nocuous, perilous, pernicious, playful, precarious, puckish, rascal, risky, rude, sinful, sly, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vicious, wayward, dickens, exasperating, ill-behaved, misbehaving, rascally, vexing |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, obedient, behaved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roguish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceitful; mischievous |
| Synonyms: | crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devilish, dishonest, fraudulent, impish, knavish, lying, naughty, playful, puckish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, tricky, underhand, underhanded, unprincipled, untruthful, beguiling, deceiving, rascally |
| Main Entry: | rollicking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun-loving, lively |
| Synonyms: | antic, boisterous, carefree, cheerful, devil-may-care*, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome, glad, happy, hearty, jaunty, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, playful, spirited, sportive, sprightly, cavorting, rip-roaring, romping |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skittish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very nervous |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung*, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained*, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, whimsical, zippy*, agitable, alarmable, volative |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, laid-back, easy-going, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sprightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun, vivacious |
| Synonyms: | active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, frolicsome, gay, good, jaunty, jolly, joyous, jumping, keen, light, lively, nimble, peppy, perky, playful, quick, quick-witted, saucy, scintillating, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, spry, swinging, zippy*, bouncy, chirpy, fairylike, grooving, hyper, keen-witted, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | dull, inactive, lazy, lethargic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tongue-in-cheek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ironic and insincere |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, dry, facetious, farcical, flip*, flippant, funny, humorous, in fun, in jest, ironic, ironical, irreverent, jesting, jocular, joking, jokingly, joshing, kiddingly, laughable, not serious, playful, pulling one's leg, putting one on, sarcastic, satirical, smart, whimsical, wisecracking, witty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vivacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively, spirited |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animate, animated, brash, breezy, bubbling, cheerful, ebullient, effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gay, happy, high-spirited, jolly, jumping, keen, lighthearted, merry, playful, scintillating, sparkling, sportive, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, vibrant, vital, bouncy, full of life, rocking, zesty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dispirited, dull, unattractive, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | volatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explosive, changeable |
| Synonyms: | airy, buoyant, capricious, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, expansive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, frivolous, fugitive, gaseous, gay, giddy, impermanent, inconsistent, inconstant, light, lively, mercurial, momentary, playful, resilient, short-lived, sprightly, subtle, temperamental, ticklish, transient, transitory, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, up-and-down, vaporous, variable, whimsical, fugacious, imponderable, lubricious |
| Antonyms: | calm, firm, stable, steadfast |
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