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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of spirit |
| Synonyms: | active, antic, bouncy, coltish, dashing, feeling one's oats, frolicsome, full of beans, gamesome, high-spirited, in high spirits, jumpy, kittenish, larkish, lively, peppy, playful, prankish, rollicking, romping, spirited, sportive, wicked, zesty, zippy |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | playful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, fun-loving |
| Synonyms: | antic, blithe, cheerful, coltish, comical, elvish, feeling one's oats, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep, gamesome, gay, good-natured, impish, jaunty, jesting, jocund, joking, joyous, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischievous, prankish, puckish, rollicking, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, teasing, tongue-in-cheek, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, zippy |
| Antonyms: | humorless, serious, working |
| Main Entry: | sporting/sportive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful and fair |
| Synonyms: | antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, frisky, frolicsome, full of fun, game, gamesome, gay, generous, impish, jaunty, joyous, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportspersonlike, sprightly, square, wild |
| Antonyms: | unfair, unplayful, unsporting |
| Main Entry: | sporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
| Synonyms: | antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, fair, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, gay, generous, gentlemanly, impish, jaunty, joyous, kittenish, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, sprightly, square, square dealing, square shooting, straight shooting, waggish, wild |
| Antonyms: | unsporting |
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