Synonyms of fay

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adjective

as in playful

given to good-natured joking or teasing

with her slight build and perky manner, the actress was usually cast as the fay young woman who charms all the men in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playful
• merry
• elfish
• mischievous
• amusing
• lively
• frolicsome
• entertaining
• antic
• goofy
• happy
• sportful
• frisky
• sportive
• larky
• coltish
• rollicking
• delightful
• pixie
• silly
• energetic
• gay
• pleasing
• coy
• enjoyable
• whimsical
• fun
• frolic
• joking
• sprightly
• rascally
• kittenish
• impish
• spirited
• pleasant
• roguish
• lighthearted
• jocund
• trifling
• frivolous
• spunky
• knavish
• devilish
• jocose
• teasing
• vivacious
• pleasurable
• jocular
• prankish
• jesting
• diverting
• dabbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnest
• solemn
• dutiful
• responsible
• stern
• serious
• sober
• grim
• grave
• somber
• serious-minded
• stolid
• sobersided
• proper
• formal
• starchy
• stuffy
• priggish
• staid
• decorous
• guarded
• sedate
• restrained
• inhibited
• no-nonsense

fay

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noun

as in fairy

an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers

in the tale a fay appears in the form of a beautiful and serene woman with an angelic air and a billowy gown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fairy
• elf
• faerie
• goblin
• dwarf
• pixie
• sprite
• troll
• gnome
• leprechaun
• brownie
• puck
• gremlin
• kobold
• hobgoblin
• little people
• changeling
• hag
• imp
• banshee
• ghoul
• nixie
• ogre
• kelpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fay

Noun

The series stars McGregor as Count Rostov, a fay member of Czarist Russia’s ruling class, who was living in comfort in his estates until the revolution of 1917 overthrew the old order. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

Almshouse dwellers, sitting in the sun, watching the surging tide and the glistening water, tell of spirits and banshees and fays. — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022