Synonyms of frolicking

frolicking 1 of 2

noun

as in relaxation

activity engaged in to amuse oneself

a night of frolicking by three soldiers just before they are sent to the war zone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relaxation
• fun
• recreation
• amusement
• entertainment
• frolic
• enjoyment
• play
• rollicking
• dalliance
• sport
• pleasure
• romping
• playfulness
• fun and games
• delight
• gamboling
• hobby
• pastime
• diversion
• mischief
• merrymaking
• revel
• lark
• hobbyhorse
• kick
• devilment
• revelry
• hilarity
• horseplay
• spree
• merriment
• wantonness
• jinks
• tomfoolery
• fling
• mischievousness
• rascality
• hob
• pleasance
• buffoonery
• friskiness
• sportiveness
• rollick
• devilry
• binge
• roguishness
• high jinks
• hanky-panky
• knavery
• impishness
• whoopee
• waggery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• labor
• drudgery
• responsibility
• duty
• obligation

frolicking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of frolic

1

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

scores of swimmers were frolicking in the ocean surf along the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dancing
• cavorting
• leaping
• hopping
• romping
• capering
• gamboling
• skipping
• larking
• rollicking
• tumbling
• frisking
• sporting
• reveling
• cutting capers
• disporting
• prancing
• bounding
• loping
• springing
• tripping
• carousing
• roistering
• kicking up one's heels
• curvetting
• clowning
• horsing around
• cutting up
• carrying on
• fooling around
• kiting
• roughhousing
• skylarking
• joyriding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• sulking
• stewing
• moping

2

as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement

he would rather frolic than do yard work any day of the week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• recreating
• rollicking
• toying
• entertaining
• sporting
• cavorting
• joking
• amusing
• relaxing
• disporting
• romping
• skylarking
• dallying
• dabbling
• delighting
• resting
• frisking
• gamboling
• hanging
• pleasing
• teasing
• trifling
• loafing
• diverting
• idling
• fiddling (around)
• dawdling
• jesting
• puttering (around)
• lounging (around or about)
• screwing around
• messing around
• slacking (off)
• hanging about
• bumming (around)
• goldbricking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• struggling
• toiling
• sweating
• striving
• plodding
• plugging (away)
• straining
• slaving
• drudging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frolicking

Verb

Because of the tides, you’re forced to slow down and savor the waterfalls pouring into the ocean, cliffside beaches, forests, fog, sea lions, elephant seals, and otters frolicking not far off your path. —Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025

The trio lets their imaginations drift, stretching out ideas of structure and frolicking with unexpected arrangements, often midsong. —Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025

With azure water lapping sandy beaches, lazy days spent frolicking in Lake Maggiore are a huge draw. —Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025

Looking to spend an upcoming weekend frolicking in a pumpkin patch, enjoying a hayride or gobbling up some homemade treats? —Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2025

On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore. —Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

On Thursday, the 40-year-old pop star was spotted taking a dip in the ocean and frolicking on the beach in Miami, Florida. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025

At the story’s beginning, Sonja is living a contented life, frolicking in the forest with her loyal pet horse and co-existing peacefully with a variety of CGI prehistoric creatures. —Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025

Clearly, no one’s frolicking on the beach. —Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025