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Synonyms & Antonyms of sportive
given to good-natured joking or teasing
- a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke
Synonyms for sportive
- antic,
- coltish,
- elfish,
- fay,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- larky,
- playful,
- rollicking,
- sportful
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The first known use of sportive was in 1593
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