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Synonyms for frolicsome

  • adjective

Most common

playful frisky sportive coltish bonnie

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Sportive

sportive, coltish, playful, frisky, rollicking, gamesome, gay, lively, merry, jolly, mischievous, wanton, vivacious, sprightly, waggish, frisk, frolicky, spirited, hearty, zippy informal, mirthful, zestful

Other

naughty, bonnie

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Characterised or marked by frolicking; playful.

Example sentences

  • playful The dolphin is an intelligent and playful creature.
  • frisky Kittens are infinitely frisky.
  • sportive In French, US is an abbreviation of "Union Sportive."
  • bonnie Bonnie should have called him Sporky, not Forky.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
frolicsomesteady
playfulrising
friskyrising
sportivesteady
coltishrising
bonnierising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gay1
5 letters
merry2, jolly2, frisk1, zippy2
6 letters
lively2, bonnie2, hearty2, wanton2, frisky2
7 letters
naughty2, playful2, zestful2, coltish, waggish
8 letters
spirited3, sportive, mirthful, gamesome, frolicky
9 letters
vivacious3, sprightly2
10 letters
rollicking3
11 letters
mischievous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (merry2 = 2 syllables).