GAMESOME Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

gamesome

adjective

ˈgām-səm

Definition of gamesome

as in joyful

joyously unrestrained a gamesome lass who seemed to revel in the sheer joy of living

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Recent Examples of gamesome But there is another level of dissimulation that seems at odds with this gamesome trickery. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Lu’s immaculately handmade pictures, which consist entirely of brightly hued concentric circles, appear simultaneously gamesome and cerebral. — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022

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Adjective

Surrounded by pure and joyful chaos, Stein slowly walked onto the turf with his arms in the air in awe of the scene unfolding in front of him.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Here, everything feels so exciting, light, and joyful that guests secretly hope this night—like a good novel—will never end.

— Leonie Rolinck, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of joyful

Adjective

When the White Sox clinched their first playoff berth since 2021 with a blowout of the Kansas City Royals, Fletcher was holding the microphone in an exuberant locker room.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
In northern and western India the festival is marked by exuberant performances of Ramlila, a dramatic folk reenactment of the Ramayana.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of exuberant

Adjective

The comedy is still the thing in this frolicsome outdoor production, which takes place in the charming ambiance of the festival’s portable, mini-Elizabethan venue.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
These wall drawings—at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, in 2024; the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2025; and Houston’s Menil Collection, in 2025—were all temporary, like frolicsome mirages.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Definition of frolicsome

Adjective

Echenoz sketches a lively and personal view of the bonds and minor psychoses that can occur when two people work in tandem, and sometimes in conflict.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
This three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath house sat just off lively Main Street in Beacon, a town of about 15,000 people on the Hudson River.

— Gabe Castro-Root, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of lively

Adjective

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, a man and woman wearing masks approached a man at a sprawling park in an East Bay suburb where children gather to play baseball and soccer and frolic on the playground.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
For those who want to bring their furry friends along, head to Bonita Beach Dog Park, a dog-friendly, off-leash tidal flat where pups can roam freely and frolic in the shallow waters.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of frolic

Adjective

The Sarti Spritz has built a devoted following from Americans visiting Europe over the past few years, posting the bubbly concoction on TikTok and begging the company to bring it stateside.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Johnson, who a near decade ago was a bubbly ingenue on the brink of superstardom, has since developed a reputation for a certain cool-girl deadpan opacity, a kind of mischievous remove during press appearances.

— Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bubbly

Adjective

In the first installment, most of the kids are buoyant, unaware, their eyes glittering with naïveté.

— Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
At Christie’s on Tuesday night, the underbidding activity was buoyant for many European Old Masters and established contemporary Asian artists, from Peter Paul Rubens to Liu Ye, now in his 60s.

— Hok-hang Cheung, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of buoyant

Adjective

BioLife is developing an effervescent oral technology designed to help peptides absorb through the digestive system.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
The light and slightly effervescent dry assyrtiko from Gavalas Winery—one of the oldest wineries in Santorini—is a can't-miss.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of effervescent

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