Synonyms of rollicking

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adjective

1

as in raucous

being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way

reunions with his friends from college were usually rollicking affairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raucous
• boisterous
• lively
• knockabout
• rowdy
• rumbustious
• rambunctious
• carnival
• hell-raising
• violent
• riotous
• screaming
• noisy
• robustious
• roisterous
• wild
• wild and woolly
• exuberant
• carnivalesque
• raffish
• turbulent
• impassioned
• uninhibited
• uncontrolled
• buoyant
• bubbly
• effervescent
• sprightly
• vivacious
• yelling
• ruffianly
• tempestuous
• howling
• uncontrollable
• unrestrained
• stormy
• larrikin
• rampageous
• high-spirited
• rackety
• unreserved
• strident
• unruly
• rowdyish
• vociferous
• undisciplined
• unmanageable
• clamorous
• headstrong
• obstreperous
• ungovernable
• willful
• callithumpian
• recalcitrant
• intractable
• loudmouthed
• openmouthed
• wilful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solemn
• somber
• sedate
• sombre
• orderly
• proper
• staid
• sober
• dignified
• decorous
• restrained
• quiet
• placid
• hushed
• serene
• collected
• peaceful
• tranquil
• calm
• composed
• silent
• controlled
• subdued
• unruffled
• noiseless
• seemly
• moderate
• imperturbable
• reasonable
• temperate
• soundless
• inhibited
• unflappable
• repressed
• stolid
• phlegmatic
• stoical
• constrained
• stoic
• depressed
• detached
• indifferent
• impassive
• aloof
• self-controlled

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• solemn
• somber
• sedate
• sombre
• orderly
• proper
• staid
• sober
• dignified
• decorous
• restrained
• quiet
• placid
• hushed
• serene
• collected
• peaceful
• tranquil
• calm
• composed
• silent
• controlled
• subdued
• unruffled
• noiseless
• seemly
• moderate
• imperturbable
• reasonable
• temperate
• soundless
• inhibited
• unflappable
• repressed
• stolid
• phlegmatic
• stoical
• constrained
• stoic
• depressed
• detached
• indifferent
• impassive
• aloof
• self-controlled

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2

as in playful

given to good-natured joking or teasing

a rollicking boy who quickly charms everyone he meets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playful
• lively
• entertaining
• merry
• amusing
• larky
• frolicsome
• goofy
• mischievous
• frisky
• sportive
• delightful
• energetic
• antic
• fun
• elfish
• spirited
• happy
• enjoyable
• sportful
• coltish
• fay
• lighthearted
• whimsical
• frolic
• silly
• pleasing
• spunky
• sprightly
• roguish
• vivacious
• pleasant
• gay
• joking
• kittenish
• impish
• diverting
• jocund
• coy
• teasing
• prankish
• rascally
• jocular
• knavish
• pleasurable
• pixie
• devilish
• frivolous
• jocose
• dabbling
• jesting
• trifling
• pixy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnest
• sober
• serious
• solemn
• somber
• sombre
• dutiful
• grim
• stern
• responsible
• stolid
• serious-minded
• proper
• grave
• sedate
• sobersided
• formal
• staid
• decorous
• stuffy
• restrained
• starchy
• priggish
• no-nonsense
• inhibited
• guarded

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• earnest
• sober
• serious
• solemn
• somber
• sombre
• dutiful
• grim
• stern
• responsible
• stolid
• serious-minded
• proper
• grave
• sedate
• sobersided
• formal
• staid
• decorous
• stuffy
• restrained
• starchy
• priggish
• no-nonsense
• inhibited
• guarded

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rollicking

2 of 3

noun

as in fun

activity engaged in to amuse oneself

likes to indulge in mindless rollicking after a day at work in order to relax

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

rollicking

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verb

present participle of rollick

1

as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement

an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

children rollicking during recess

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• moping
• stewing
• sulking

• pouting
• moping
• stewing
• sulking