Entry Word: playful

Function: adjective

Meaning: given to good-natured joking or teasing <the little girl was lighthearted and playful>

Synonyms antic, coltish, elfish, fay, frisky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive

Related Words kittenish; gay, happy, lighthearted, whimsical; energetic, lively, spirited, sprightly; devilish, knavish, rascally; amusing, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable; dabbling, frivolous, trifling; delightful, pleasant, pleasing; jesting, joking, teasing

Near Antonyms dutiful, responsible; grave, grim, serious, solemn, somber (or sombre), stern, stolid; no-nonsense, priggish, starchy, stuffy; decorous, formal, proper, sedate, staid; guarded, inhibited, restrained

Antonyms earnest, serious-minded, sober