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Synonyms for sportive

  • adjective

Most common

jolly playful sprightly jocular

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Playful — lively; merry; spritely

playful, lively, sprightly, jolly, rollicking, jocular, vivacious, frolicsome, merry, frisky, gay, comical, roguish, blithe, buoyant, arch, coltish, waggish, prankish, jocose formal, gamesome, frolicky

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lively; merry; spritely.

Related words

Word family
sportiveness

Example sentences

  • jolly He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf.
  • playful The dolphin is an intelligent and playful creature.
  • sprightly Our best player is a real sprightly fellow.
  • jocular She sounded as if she were in a jocular mood.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sportivesteady
jollyrising
playfulrising
sprightlysteady
jocularrising

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

By length

3 letters
gay1
4 letters
arch1
5 letters
merry2, jolly2
6 letters
lively2, frisky2, blithe1, jocose2
7 letters
playful2, comical3, buoyant2, jocular3, roguish, coltish, waggish
8 letters
prankish, gamesome, frolicky
9 letters
vivacious3, sprightly2
10 letters
rollicking3, frolicsome

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