Playful

Adjective

 * 1) liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
 * Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
 * 1) funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
 * John is a playful fellow.
 * A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.
 * 1) fun, recreational, not serious.
 * A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
 * 1) experimental.
 * He was a rather playful artist.

Derived terms

 * playfully
 * playfulness

Adverbs for Playful
rapturously; delightfully; teasingly; ecstatically; happily; amiably; annoyingly; sportively; friskily; amusingly; brightly; vivaciously; archly; coltishly; childishly; amazingly; frolicsomely; merrily.

Thesaurus
animated, antic, arch, blithe, capersome, cheerful, coltish, dashing, devilish, elfish, elvish, exuberant, facetious, foolish, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of mischief, fun-loving, gamesome, gay, gleeful, hearty, high-spirited, hilarious, humorous, impish, jesting, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, kittenish, knavish, larking, larkish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischief-loving, mischievous, pixie, pixieish, pixilated, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, roguish, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, scampish, scapegrace, skittish, spirited, sportful, sportive, sprightly, teasing, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vital, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, wicked, zestful, zippy

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: folâtre,


 * Hebrew: אוהב משחקים, משתעשע, משתובב
 * Macedonian: игрив, разигран
 * Spanish:


 * Hebrew: עליז, משעשע
 * Macedonian: шеговит, палав


 * Polish: żartobliwy
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: speels
 * German: verspielt
 * Greek: παιχνιδιάρης [pe̞xniˈðʝaris], χωρατατζής [xo̞ˌrataˈʣis] , φιλοπαίγμων [filo̞ˈpe̞ɣmo̞n] , παιγνιώδης [pe̞ɣniˈo̞ðis] , παιχνιδιάρικος [pe̞xniˈðʝariˌko̞s] , χωρατατζίδικος [xo̞rataˈʣiðiˌko̞s]


 * Italian: scherzoso, allegro
 * Norwegian: leken
 * Russian: игривый (igrívyj)