'Playful' definitions:
Definition of 'playful'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Playful'
From: GCIDE
- Playful \Play"ful\, a. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- {Play"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Play"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'playful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animated,
- antic,
- arch,
- blithe,
- capersome,
- cheerful,
- coltish,
- dashing,
- devilish,
- elfish,
- elvish,
- exuberant,
- facetious,
- foolish,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- full of mischief,
- fun-loving,
- gamesome,
- gay,
- gleeful,
- hearty,
- high-spirited,
- hilarious,
- humorous,
- impish,
- jesting,
- jocund,
- joking,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- kittenish,
- knavish,
- larking,
- larkish,
- lighthearted,
- lively,
- merry,
- mirthful,
- mischief-loving,
- mischievous,
- pixie,
- pixieish,
- pixilated,
- prankish,
- pranksome,
- pranky,
- puckish,
- roguish,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- scampish,
- scapegrace,
- skittish,
- spirited,
- sportful,
- sportive,
- sprightly,
- teasing,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- waggish,
- whimsical,
- wicked,
- zestful,
- zippy
Words containing 'Playful'
- Play,
- Played,
- Played out,
- Playfully,
- Playfulness,
- Playing,
- To play off,
- in play,
- out of play,
- play down,
- play off,
- play on,
- play out,
- play up,
- play up to,
- Boy's play,
- Child's play,
- Cudgel play,
- Double play,
- Edge play,
- End play,
- Fair Play,
- Match play,
- Medal play,
- Miracle play,
- Moral play,
- Passion play,
- Play actor,
- Play debt,
- Play of colors,
- Play pleasure,
- Playing card,
- Playing cards,
- Puppet play,
- To bring into play,
- To come into play,
- To cut a play,
- To hold in play,
- To mount a play,
- To play booty,
- To play devil with,
- To play dummy,
- To play for love,
- To play hob,
- To play possum,
- To play rex,
- To play the fool,
- To play the mischief,
- To play truant,
- To play upon,
- Wake play,
- baseball play,
- basketball play,
- carillon playing,
- dramatic play,
- draw play,
- football play,
- force play,
- foul play,
- morality play,
- mystery play,
- passing play,
- period of play,
- play a joke on,
- play a trick on,
- play along,
- play around,
- play around with,
- play back,
- play ball,
- play by ear,
- play dumb,
- play false,
- play group,
- play havoc with,
- play hooky,
- play it by ear,
- play list,
- play on words,
- play possum,
- play reading,
- play safe,
- play the game,
- play the market,
- play therapy,
- play tricks,
- play with fire,
- playing area,
- playing field,
- playing period,
- power play,
- running play,
- satyr play,
- shadow play,
- squeeze play,
- stroke play,
- trap play,
- triple play,
- word play,
- A play upon words,
- Fair Play, MO,
- To play at ducks and drakes,
- To play first fiddle,
- To play into a person's hands,
- To play one's cards,
- To play second fiddle,
- card-playing,
- long-play,
- long-playing,
- play-actor,
- play-box,
- safety squeeze play,
- suicide squeeze play,
- To play one's cards well,
- To play pitch and toss with anything,
- To play snow one's cards