Thesaurus
frolic
Synonyms and Antonyms of frolic
- we indulgently listened to the senior citizens share memories of long-ago frolics
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
- took the long weekend as a three-day frolic and spent it at the beach
bender, brannigan, bum, bust, carouse, souse, splore [Scottish], toot
antic, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s)
festivity, merriment, merrymaking
- firmly believes that childhood should be a time of carefree frolic
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
- the frolic atmosphere that envelops New Orleans during Mardi Gras
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
- scores of swimmers were frolicking in the ocean surf along the beach
- he would rather frolic than do yard work any day of the week
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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