Synonyms for frolic
- noun
- verb
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Merriment — gaiety; merriment
play, fun, merriment, mirth, jollity, festivity, caper, game, prank, amusement, joviality, gaiety dated
Other
escapade, merry-making, run-around, hoity-toity, spree dated
Verb
cavort, romp, frisk, lark, sport, cut capers, lark about, gambol, curvet, rollick, leap, disport dated, skylark dated
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
Gaiety; merriment.
- v. 1
To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.
Related words
- Word family
- frolicky frolicsome
Choose the right word
Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- mirth This joke is a source of mirth for the audience.
- festivity Once the festivity finishes, we'll go back to work.
- merriment There is no time for merriment.
- escapade He met his mistress during a country escapade.
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1
- 4 letters
- game1, play1, leap1, lark1, romp1
- 5 letters
- sport1, prank1, spree1, caper2, frisk1, mirth1
- 6 letters
- gaiety, gambol, cavort2, curvet
- 7 letters
- liberal3, skylark2, jollity, disport, rollick
- 8 letters
- escapade3
- 9 letters
- amusement3, merriment, festivity4, joviality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (caper2 = 2 syllables).