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View synonyms for playful

playful

[ pley-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
  2. pleasantly humorous or jesting:

    a playful remark.



playful

/ ˈpleɪfʊl /

adjective

  1. full of high spirits and fun

    a playful kitten

  2. good-natured and humorous

    a playful remark

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈplayfulness, noun
  • ˈplayfully, adverb
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Other Words From

  • playful·ly adverb
  • playful·ness noun
  • half-playful adjective
  • half-playful·ly adverb
  • half-playful·ness noun
  • un·playful adjective
  • un·playful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of playful1

First recorded in 1200–50, playful is from the Middle English word pleiful. See play, -ful
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Example Sentences

You can really just talk about you’re playful together in this dyad.

He is at once ambitious with serious ideas, while maintaining a playful side.

This month, we celebrate the playful genius of the famous British mathematician with two puzzles and an exploratory game.

It wasn’t playful but intentional, pointed and meant to be instructive.

It’s this OB-4 “magic radio” from Teenage Engineering, a design group that creates tech with a playful but premium approach.

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.

A study in American military control, a haunting sui generis novel, and a playful new short story collection.

As that clip played, Camille leaned over and gave her husband a playful poke in the ribs.

Their playful exhibitions are often meant to be interactive and instill a childlike sense of joy in the viewer.

They were very playful and inclined to talk—to do anything but lie quiet and go to sleep.

Away in the meadows the lights of his men's torches darted hither and thither like playful jack-o'-lanterns.

Then he said with a playful sadness: "A moment ago you were not completely innocent of irony, were you?"

Do not be fond of shewing my letter; the playful effusions of friendship would be construed by strangers as gross vanity.

I saw Mary Belle transformed from an ordinary playful scamp of a lamb to a primped and perfect darling of the show-ring.

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