'Sportive' definitions:
Definition of 'sportive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or interested in sports
adjective
Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: coltish, frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking, sportive]
Definition of 'Sportive'
From: GCIDE
- Sportive \Sport"ive\ (-[i^]v), a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry. [1913 Webster]
- Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court? --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Sport"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Sport"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sportive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animated,
- antic,
- arch,
- blithe,
- buoyant,
- capering,
- capersome,
- cavorting,
- coltish,
- devilish,
- elfish,
- elvish,
- exuberant,
- foolish,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- full of mischief,
- gamesome,
- gay,
- gleeful,
- hearty,
- high-spirited,
- impish,
- kittenish,
- knavish,
- larkish,
- light-hearted,
- lively,
- merry,
- mischief-loving,
- mischievous,
- playful,
- prankish,
- pranksome,
- pranky,
- puckish,
- roguish,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- scampish,
- scapegrace,
- skittish,
- spirited,
- sportful,
- sprightly,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- waggish,
- zestful,
- zippy