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sportive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sportive

given to good-natured joking or teasing

a sportive professor who began every lecture with a joke

Synonyms of sportive

antic, coltish, elfish, fay, frisky, frolicsome, playful, rollicking

Words Related to sportive

gay, happy, lighthearted, whimsical

energetic, frolic, jocund, lively, merry, spirited, sprightly, spunky, vivacious

devilish, impish, knavish, mischievous, pixie (also pixy), rascally, roguish

amusing, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable

dabbling, frivolous, goofy, silly, trifling

jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, prankish, teasing

Near Antonyms of sportive

dutiful, responsible

grave, grim, serious, solemn, somber (or sombre), stern, stolid

no-nonsense, priggish, starchy, stuffy

decorous, formal, proper, sedate, staid

guarded, inhibited, restrained

Antonyms of sportive

earnest, serious-minded, sober, sobersided

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