Synonyms of frolics

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noun

plural of frolic

1

as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

we indulgently listened to the senior citizens share memories of long-ago frolics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pranks
• adventures
• experiences
• tricks
• escapades
• antics
• capers
• games
• shines
• practical jokes
• gags
• monkeyshines
• rags
• jests
• times
• plays
• rogueries
• knaveries
• didoes
• capriccios
• shavies
• larks
• performances
• waggeries
• deeds
• shenanigans
• high jinks
• stunts
• maneuvers
• missions
• hoaxes
• horseplays
• whimsies
• deceptions
• trickeries
• whims
• tomfooleries
• gambits
• deceits
• vagaries
• subterfuges
• caprices
• feats
• rowdyisms
• fancies
• wiles
• ruses
• ploys
• conceits
• stratagems
• delusions
• frauds
• hanky-pankies
• shams

2

as in sprees

a time or instance of carefree fun

took the long weekend as a three-day frolic and spent it at the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprees
• romps
• gambols
• festivities
• revels
• larks
• flings
• idylls
• rollicks
• escapades
• frisks
• binges
• ploys
• pranks
• antics
• capers
• enjoyments
• amusements
• shenanigans
• carouses
• benders
• toots
• pleasures
• bums
• merriments
• entertainments
• souses
• diversions
• splores
• indulgences
• merrymakings
• monkeyshines
• field days
• busts
• recreations
• brannigans
• self-indulgences

frolics

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verb

present tense third-person singular of frolic

1

as in dances

to play and run about happily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dances
• cavorts
• romps
• gambols
• hops
• leaps
• skips
• larks
• rollicks
• capers
• tumbles
• revels
• sports
• frisks
• cuts capers
• disports
• trips
• prances
• bounds
• springs
• carouses
• lopes
• kicks up one's heels
• curvets
• horses around
• clowns
• cuts up
• fools around
• joyrides
• roisters
• kites
• carries on
• roughhouses
• skylarks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sulks
• pouts
• stews
• mopes

2

as in plays

to engage in activity for amusement

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plays
• recreates
• entertains
• toys
• rollicks
• sports
• jokes
• disports
• cavorts
• romps
• amuses
• dallies
• gambols
• relaxes
• delights
• dabbles
• skylarks
• pleases
• rests
• teases
• frisks
• trifles
• hangs
• diverts
• jests
• fiddles (around)
• dawdles
• loafs
• putters (around)
• idles
• slacks (off)
• bums (around)
• goldbricks
• lounges (around or about)
• hangs about
• messes around
• screws around

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• toils
• works
• struggles
• labors
• strives
• plods
• plugs (away)
• sweats
• strains
• drudges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frolics

Noun

Frustratingly, the focus moves from our protagonists’ bedroom frolics to the townsfolk, who are outraged at a steamy love that reveals their own lack. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

The main social space on the ground floor is purposely uncluttered, all the better to shift easily between poolside family frolics, predinner drinks with guests, and ad hoc performances when the muse strikes. — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026

Since this World Cup began, Boston was captivated by the Tartan Army, and videos of their frolics have gone viral all over the world. — Miami Herald, 19 June 2026

And Ben Ahlers, who plays the adult Happy, comes with that actor’s famously warm smile and chirpy demeanor, slowly worn down here before your eyes, as the permissible frolics of youth turn into the stasis of one going nowhere. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026

But images of those youthful frolics amid chirping children quickly slips behind me, muted by my puffing, labored breaths and the blanket of snow. — Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026

The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025

With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect. — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Most of the work that’s been done on drones and wind focuses on the calm, happy sort of wind that makes golden fields of wheat gracefully sway back and forth as a puppy frolics through them. — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2016