Synonyms of friskiness

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noun

as in playfulness

a natural disposition for playful behavior

as your puppy grows older, her friskiness will diminish a bit, but this breed is generally very energetic and playful

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playfulness
• mischief
• sportfulness
• mischievousness
• impishness
• sportiveness
• prankishness
• devilment
• larkiness
• energy
• coltishness
• archness
• coyness
• tricksiness
• roguishness
• espièglerie
• vivacity
• rascality
• vivaciousness
• spiritedness
• devilishness
• frivolousness
• sprightliness
• liveliness
• spunkiness
• jocularity
• whimsicality
• hob
• lightheartedness
• mirthfulness
• devilry
• waggery
• kittenishness
• knavery
• gaiety
• diabolicalness
• jocundity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnestness
• seriousness
• soberness
• solemnity
• grimness
• sternness
• graveness
• stuffiness
• restraint
• priggishness
• sobersidedness
• solemnness
• starchiness
• constraint
• self-control
• serious-mindedness

frisky

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adjective

ˈfri-skē 

1

as in playful

given to good-natured joking or teasing

a frisky kid who keeps the class in stitches with his jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in energetic

having much high-spirited energy and movement

the frisky colt didn't like to be kept in his stall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energetic
• lively
• animated
• active
• brisk
• animate
• playful
• spirited
• bouncing
• enthusiastic
• cheerful
• perky
• vivacious
• awake
• sprightly
• peppy
• jazzy
• sparky
• racy
• gay
• jaunty
• spanking
• kinetic
• zippy
• springy
• mettlesome
• pert
• snappy
• vital
• agile
• airy
• eager
• bright
• on the go
• dapper
• pizzazzy
• up
• spiffy
• dashing
• nimble
• spry
• wide-awake
• effervescent
• nervous
• exuberant
• buoyant
• chirpy
• alert
• boisterous
• upbeat
• impish
• bubbly
• frolicsome
• sparkly
• ebullient
• high-spirited
• chipper
• agog
• keen
• skittish
• high-strung
• open-eyed
• pixieish
• chirrupy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inactive
• dead
• languid
• lazy
• listless
• limp
• lifeless
• inanimate
• indolent
• leaden
• sleepy
• sluggish
• tired
• weary
• lethargic
• lackadaisical
• languorous
• inert
• vapid
• spiritless
• apathetic
• languishing
• dull
• boring
• stolid
• tedious
• torpid
• impassive
• unambitious
• irksome
• phlegmatic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of friskiness

Adjective

The Black Crowes broke out with a frisky cover of this Otis Redding tune just as hair metal was giving way to grunge. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The biggest question for those debating whether to see this frisky and original rom-com starring San Francisco native Monica Barbaro and British of-the-moment actor Callum Turner might well be its preposterous premise. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

If the Marbella Club is the grande dame of this Andalusian resort town, Puente Romano Marbella is its younger, friskier sister on the Golden Mile. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Nilsson’s depiction of bodies past their prime conjures not the pitiless naturalism of Joan Semmel or Alice Neel, but something friskier, more delighted. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026