| 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: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowing, coy |
Synonyms: |
artful, frolicsome, mischievous, pert, playful, roguish, saucy, sly, waggish, wily |
| Main Entry: | elfin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous; small |
Synonyms: |
delicate, devilish, disobedient, elfish, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, misbehaving, naughty, petite, playful, prankish, puckish, puny, rascally, slight, sprightly, tiny |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | flippant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
Synonyms: |
brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy, nervy, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, smart-alecky, superficial |
Antonyms: |
courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
| 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: | 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, ill-considered, impractical, juvenile, light, light-minded, minor, niggling, nonserious, not serious, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek, unimportant, unprofound, volatile, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | funny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comical, humorous |
Synonyms: |
absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, for grins, gas*, gay, gelastic, good-humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly, killing*, knee-slapper, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mirthful, playful, priceless, rich, ridiculous, riot, riotous, risible, screaming, side-splitting, silly, slapstick, sportive, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
dramatic, melancholy, sad, serious, tragic, unamusing, unfunny |
| 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: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in high spirits; satisfied |
Synonyms: |
blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high, gay, glad, gleeful, gratified, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good, merry, mirthful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, up, upbeat, walking on air |
Antonyms: |
depressed, discouraged, dissatisfied, miserable, morose, pained, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |