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frolic
Synonyms and Antonyms of frolic
1
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
adventure, experience, game, lark, time
high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism
deed, feat, mission, performance, stunt
caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)
deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile
2
a time or instance of carefree fun
bender, brannigan, bum, bust, carouse, souse, splore [Scottish], toot
antic, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s)
festivity, merriment, merrymaking
3
activity engaged in to amuse oneself
gamboling (or gambolling), romping
amusement, diversion, entertainment
delight, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasure
friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, wantonness
devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hanky-panky, hob, impishness, jinks, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, waggery
binge, fling, kick, lark, revel, rollick, spree
hilarity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry, whoopee
buffoonery, high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, tomfoolery
frolic
Synonyms and Antonyms of frolic
joyously unrestrained
bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank [chiefly dialect], effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, vivacious
extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing, uninhibited
carefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, joyful, lighthearted, lively, sprightly
boisterous, raucous, rollicking, rowdy
giddy, light-headed, overexuberant, silly
ecstatic, euphoric, lyric, rapturous
audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, impudent, insolent, saucy
constrained, inhibited, repressed, restrained, subdued
impassive, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid
frolic
Synonyms and Antonyms of frolic
1
to play and run about happily
cut capers, kick up oneʼs heels
2
to engage in activity for amusement
dabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around)
bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], idle, loaf, lounge (around or about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off)
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