FROLICSOME Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

frolicsome

adjective

ˈfrä-lik-səm

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as in playful

given to good-natured joking or teasing a frolicsome uncle who was a favorite among his relatives

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as in joyful

joyously unrestrained teachers smiling at the frolicsome students leaving school for summer vacation

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Recent Examples of frolicsome The show starts frolicsome and then morphs into a farce that grows more than a little hellish, NPR critic John Powers writes. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 May 2026 On April 4, Ogden will take part in the frolicsome, 100 percent amateur Nordic X race at the tiny Cochran’s Ski Area in Vermont. —

Bill Donahue, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026 Known for her glamorous pursuits and doomed affairs, Princess Margaret has gone down in history as the frolicsome foil to her ever poised and solemn sister, Queen Elizabeth II. —

Maggie Turner, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025 Ah, but in the decades that Kernan spent meticulously researching this biography, a filmed version of the play was turned up, so admirers of Schuyler can now behold the young, frolicsome incarnations of him, O’Hara, and Freilicher, among others, in footage shot during two weeks in the Hamptons. —

Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 Even Bauman’s funniest musical bits get swallowed in the show’s frothy, frolicsome relentlessness. —

Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025 Both concentrated on paintings of frolicsome, amorous bunnies. —

Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023 But back in the aughts, before Ganni's frolicsome offering of poplin collared dresses and knee-high chelsea boots became an unofficial uniform for western women in their mid-twenties and beyond, the company dealt exclusively in cashmere. —

Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022

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The first image in the exhibition announced the playful tenor of the oversize works, which often verged on the ludic despite the lack of spontaneity owing to the cumbersome Land Camera.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Bathrooms offer floor-to-ceiling black-and-white tile and benefit from natural light, adding an unexpected touch of polish to the otherwise playful design.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026