Definition for Playful:

• Sportive; given to play; indulging a sportive fancy; full of playfulness.

Synonyms for Playful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • playful.
  •amusing (adjective)
  • enthralling,
  • diverting,
  • Light-hearted,
  • stimulating,
  • charming,
  • fun,
  • beguiling,
  • recreational,
  • relaxing,
  • refreshing,
  • entertaining,
  • Distracting,
  • delightful,
  • pleasing.
  •arch (adjective)
  • pert,
  • artful,
  • sly,
  • saucy,
  • wily.
  •elfin (adjective)
  • elfish,
  • Misbehaving,
  • minute,
  • delicate,
  • disobedient,
  • petite,
  • slight,
  • puny,
  • little,
  • tiny,
  • rascally.
  •elfish (adjective)
  • puckish.
  •facetious (adjective)
  • indecorous,
  • joshing,
  • irreverent,
  • clever,
  • farcical,
  • laughable,
  • satirical,
  • pleasant,
  • ironic,
  • Capering,
  • sarcastic.
  •flippant (adjective)
  • rude,
  • smart-alecky,
  • impertinent,
  • superficial,
  • disrespectful,
  • brassy,
  • offhand,
  • cocky,
  • glib,
  • breezy,
  • fresh,
  • impudent,
  • flighty,
  • nervy,
  • insolent.
  •frisky (adjective)
  • bouncy,
  • Romping,
  • dashing,
  • full of beans,
  • peppy,
  • jumpy,
  • high-spirited.
  •frivolous (adjective)
  • ill-considered,
  • minor,
  • flip,
  • nonserious,
  • idle,
  • empty-headed,
  • featherbrained,
  • juvenile,
  • senseless,
  • petty,
  • unimportant,
  • barmy,
  • pointless,
  • scatterbrained,
  • niggling,
  • paltry,
  • peripheral,
  • childish,
  • foolish,
  • unprofound,
  • shallow,
  • idiotic,
  • impractical,
  • puerile,
  • harebrained,
  • light-minded.
  •funny (adjective)
  • good-humored,
  • slapstick,
  • rich,
  • absurd,
  • capricious,
  • riot,
  • screaming,
  • riotous,
  • humdinger,
  • silly,
  • risible.
  •gay (adjective)
  • joyful,
  • self-assertive,
  • sunny,
  • alert,
  • pushy,
  • devil-may-care,
  • confident,
  • cheery,
  • glad,
  • chipper,
  • animate,
  • brash,
  • gleeful,
  • insouciant,
  • jovial,
  • carefree,
  • wild,
  • blithesome,
  • Presuming,
  • keen,
  • forward,
  • sparkling,
  • convivial,
  • festive.
  •happy (adjective)
  • perky,
  • up,
  • Tickled,
  • blessed,
  • thrilled,
  • exultant,
  • ecstatic,
  • contented,
  • jubilant,
  • delighted,
  • blest,
  • captivated,
  • laughing,
  • overjoyed,
  • peaceful,
  • content,
  • on cloud nine,
  • blissful,
  • tickled pink,
  • pleased,
  • intoxicated,
  • upbeat,
  • elated,
  • gratified.
  •humorous (adjective)
  • campiest,
  • too funny for words,
  • campy,
  • campier.
  •playful (adjective)
  • jesting,
  • good-natured,
  • cheerful,
  • blithe,
  • antic,
  • Gamesome,
  • jocund,
  • snappy,
  • zippy,
  • full of pep,
  • joyous,
  • teasing.
  •puckish (adjective)
  • pixyish.
  •racy (adjective)
  • gingery,
  • tangy.
  •roguish (adjective)
  • untruthful.
  •rollicking (adjective)
  • more cavorting,
  • rip roaring,
  • most riproaring,
  • rip-roaring,
  • most cavorting,
  • more rip roaring,
  • more riproaring,
  • more rip-roaring,
  • most rip roaring,
  • most rip-roaring.
  •skittish (adjective)
  • more alarmable,
  • ex-cited,
  • un-reliable,
  • un reliable,
  • ex cited,
  • more volative,
  • ex citable,
  • most alarmable,
  • un dependable,
  • most volative,
  • more agitable,
  • un-dependable,
  • ex-citable,
  • most agitable.
  •sprightly (adjective)
  • more keen-witted,
  • zappiest,
  • most keen-witted,
  • zingier,
  • most grooving,
  • swinging,
  • zingiest,
  • zappier,
  • quick witted,
  • most keen witted,
  • keenwitted,
  • quickwitted,
  • more hyper,
  • keen witted,
  • most keenwitted,
  • more fairylike,
  • more keenwitted,
  • most fairylike,
  • more keen witted,
  • more grooving.
  •tongue-in-cheek (adjective)
  • kiddingly,
  • tongue in cheek,
  • in jest,
  • in fun.
  •vivacious (adjective)
  • Rocking,
  • full of life,
  • more rocking,
  • full life,
  • most rocking.
  •volatile (adjective)
  • un stabler,
  • un settled,
  • shortlived,
  • un-stable,
  • un-steadiest,
  • un-steadier,
  • un-settled,
  • in-consistent,
  • un stable,
  • un steady,
  • un-stabler,
  • in-constant,
  • un steadier,
  • short lived,
  • in consistent,
  • un steadiest,
  • un-stablest,
  • un stablest.

• n.

  •
  • dynamic,
  • vital,
  • active,
  • lively,
  • vigorous,
  • animated,
  • alive,
  • energetic.
  •
  • work,
  • waggish.
  •devilish (noun)
  • devilish.
  •elvish (noun)
  • elvish.
  •frolicky (noun)
  • frolicky.
  •pixilated (noun)
  • pixilated.
  •playful (noun)
  • playing,
  • quizzical,
  • implike,
  • mocking.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sidesplitting,
  • Daffy,
  • clownish,
  • wacky,
  • whacky,
  • salty,
  • fanciful,
  • tongue-in-cheek.
  •
  • good.
  •debonair
  • jaunty.

Paraphrases for Playful:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    recreational.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    cheerful, amusing, funny, fun.

Antonyms for Playful:

• adj.

  • all
    unplayful.
  • facetious
    grave, formal, unfunny.
  • flippant
    respectful, courteous, reverent.
  • frisky
    down, depressed, lifeless.
  • frivolous
    sensible, mature, thoughtful, solemn, wise.
  • funny
    melancholy, dramatic, tragic, sad, unamusing.
  • gay
    upset, worried, discouraged, unhappy.
  • happy
    miserable, dissatisfied, pained, morose, sorrowful.
  • playful
    serious, humorless, working.
  • Other antonyms:
    no-nonsense, guarded, stuffy, starchy, dutiful, priggish, decorous, responsible, somber, restrained, inhibited, stolid, earnest, proper.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    virtuous.

Playful Sentence Examples:

• " Cillchen - Cillchen" - how playful that sounded, positively affectionate.

• They were just playful and full of life, and wanted to be doing something all the while.