Synonyms of the word playful


PLAYFULCOLTISH - DEVILISH - ELFIN - ELFISH - ELVISH - FRISKY - FROLICKY - FROLICSOME - IMPISH - IMPLIKE - KITTENISH - MISCHIEVOUS - MOCKING - PIXILATED - PRANKISH - PUCKISH - QUIZZICAL - RASCALLY - ROGUISH - ROLLICKING - SPORTIVE - TEASING - WICKED

playful

  • adj. liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
  • adj. funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
  • adj. fun, recreational, not serious.
  • adj. experimental.

coltish

  • adj. Lively and playful; frisky.

devilish

  • adj. Resembling a devil.
  • adj. Characteristic of a devil.
  • adj. (informal) Extreme, excessive.
  • adv. (informal) Devilishly.

elfin

  • n. An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
  • n. A little urchin or child.
  • adj. Relating to or resembling an elf, especially in its tiny size or features.

elfish

  • adj. Characteristic of an elf.
  • adj. mischievous.

elvish

  • adj. Of or having to do with elves.
  • adj. elfin.

frisky

  • adj. Playful; energetic; lively; enthusiastic.
  • adj. (informal) Sexually stimulated; horny.

frolicky

  • adj. (obsolete) frolicsome.

frolicsome

  • adj. Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.

impish

  • adj. mischievous; of or befitting an imp.

implike

  • adj. Possessing the qualities or appearances of an imp.

kittenish

  • adj. Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
  • adj. Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.

mischievous

  • adj. Causing mischief; injurious.
  • adj. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

mocking

  • v. present participle of mock.
  • n. action of the verb to mock.
  • adj. derisive or contemptuous.
  • adj. teasing or taunting.

pixilated

  • adj. behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
  • adj. whimsical.
  • adj. drunk.

prankish

  • adj. Given to or characterized by impishness or playfulness; mischievous.

puckish

  • adj. mischievous; excessively playful.

quizzical

  • adj. Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
  • adj. Strange or eccentric.

rascally

  • adj. Like a rascal.
  • adv. In the manner of a rascal.

roguish

  • adj. Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
  • adj. Mischievous and playful.

rollicking

  • v. present participle of rollick.
  • n. (Britain) A scolding, a bollocking.
  • adj. carefree, merry and boisterous.

sportive

  • adj. gay; frolicsome; merry.
  • adj. Playful, coltish.
  • adj. Interested in sport.
  • adj. Sporty, good at sport.
  • n. (cycling) cyclosportive.

teasing

  • v. present participle of tease.
  • n. The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.

wicked

  • adj. Evil or mischievous by nature.
  • adj. (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
  • adv. (slang, New England, Britain) Very, extremely.
  • n. (usually humorous) People who are wicked.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of wick.
  • adj. Having a wick.
  • adj. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.

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