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

Pictures of healthy-looking people frolicking under avocado trees or whatever. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

This is a world of movers and shakers, and the plots have a frolicking quality that feels complementary to the Bob & Earl song that inspired the title of the first book, Harlem Shuffle. — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026

However, the Scarlet Darkness Floral Smocked Dress is another stunning selection that’s under $35 now, and it’s practically made to be worn while frolicking around a European vineyard. — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026

Earlier this week, the actress, 35, broke out yet another pair of the sporty bottoms while frolicking around New York City. — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026

By watching every moment of his famous subjects frolicking around the studio, we’d all be deprived of the chance to cherish the best seconds of it. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 May 2026

Through scenes of gossip, frolicking and even a foot chase as cops try to shut the revelry down, Basholli introduces her setting (Prishtina, Kosovo in the late ‘90s) as though the audience were an eager participant in every conversation, and privy to the girls’ secrets. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026

Past the frolicking waters of the outdoor fountain that anchors Lincoln Center, beyond the twin Chagall murals hanging 30-feet tall in the Metropolitan Opera House lobby, and behind the stage of one of the nation’s most glittering cultural centers sits a warren of rooms in a concrete labyrinth. — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026