Synonyms for playful
ˈpleɪ fəlplay·ful

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1. playful

   Synonyms:
   lively, sportive, jocund, frolicsome, gay, vivacious, sprightly

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1. playfuladjective

   full of fun and high spirits

   "playful children just let loose from school"

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, serious

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1. flirty

   Submitted by tracym.01144 on January 29, 2021  

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1. playfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   frolicsome, frisky, sportive, merry, jolly, mirthful, DAFT, gamesome, debonair, vivacious, lively, sprightly, full of play, full of fun

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1. playfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   sportive, frolicsome, prankish, jocular, sprightly, wanton

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1. List of paraphrases for "playful":

   mischievous, giddy, cheerful

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How to use playful in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Smith:

   He was inseparable from his twin sister. He just had his fun and was so playful. i tend not to express my feelings about Stephen because I know it’s just going to make me upset.

2. Page Rast:

   We work with a lot of survivors with Moms Demand Action, and I can’t imagine how they must’ve felt seeing a cavalier, kind of playful tone taken with guns.

3. Pam Dawber:

   Somehow he had that magic. If you put it on paper you would be appalled, but somehow he had this guileless little thing that he would do – those sparkly eyes. He’d look at you, really playful, like a puppy, all of a sudden. And then he’d grab your t--s and then run away. And somehow he could get away with it. It was the '70s, after all.

4. Peter Dodds:

   We were doing something a bit silly and playful, and that's part of science. You never know what you might find.

5. Phyllis Fagell:

   I love working with middle schoolers because they are as insightful as they are playful, and they are often very playful.