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playfulness
| Main Entry: |
playfulness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-spirited state |
| Synonyms: | friskiness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, good nature, jest, merrymaking, sportiveness, waggishness |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high spirits, satisfaction |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
| Antonyms: | depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | humor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedy, funniness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, drollery, facetiousness, farce, flippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joke, joking, joyfulness, kidding, levity, lightness, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | depression, drama, sadness, seriousness, tragedy, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience |
| Main Entry: | whimsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quaint or fanciful quality or humor |
| Synonyms: | fancifulness, playfulness, whimsically |
| Main Entry: | impishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | jocosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
| Synonyms: | amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, farcicality, flippancy, fun, funniness, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, humorousness, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocularity, joke, joking, joyfulness, kidding, levity, lightness, ludicrousness, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, ridiculousness, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness, zaniness |
| Main Entry: | joyfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good cheer, good humor, good spirits, hilarity, hopefulness, joviality, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, playfulness, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven, vivacity, well-being |
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