Synonyms of frisky

frisky

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 frisky

The Chicago White Sox have smartly brought together a collection of international talents, veteran reclamation projects and frisky young prospects this season. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 8 June 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

In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026

Then the Timberwolves got frisky. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026