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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

playful, lively, and full of energy;

e.g. The frisky puppy was so excited to meet his new human family.

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Similar Words

Active

Airy

Animate

Animated

Antic

Bouncing

Brisk

Coltish

Dabbling

Ebullient

Energetic

Fay

Frolicsome

Gay

Jaunty

Jazzy

Kinetic

Larky

Lively

Mettlesome

Overjoyed

Peppy

Perky

Pert

Playful

Rollicking

Snappy

Spanking

Sparky

Spirited

Sportful

Sportive

Sprightly

Springy

Vital

Vivacious

Zippy

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Opposite Words

Apathetic

Bad

Boring

Dead

Deadly

Deathly

Dull

Dutiful

Dying

Earnest

Grave

Grim

Guarded

Idle

Impassive

Inactive

Inanimate

Indolent

Inert

Irksome

Lackadaisical

Languid

Languorous

Lazy

Leaden

Lethargic

Lifeless

Limp

Listless

Melancholic

Moribund

Mortal

No-nonsense

Nonassertive

Phlegmatic

Responsible

Restrained

Sedate

Serious

Serious-minded

Shiftless

Sleepy

Slothful

Sluggish

Sober

Sobersided

Solemn

Somber

Spectral

Spiritless

Starchy

Stern

Stolid

Stuffy

Suicidal

Tedious

The

Tired

Torpid

Unambitious

Vapid

Weary

Worse

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Related Words

Agile

Agog

Alert

Amusing

Arch

Archer

Awake

Blithe

Boisterous

Bright

Bubbly

Buoyant

Cheerful

Chipper

Chirpy

Coy

Dabbling

Dapper

Dashing

Delightful

Devilish

Diverting

Eager

Ebullient

Effervescent

Elvish

Energetic

Entertaining

Exuberant

Festive

Fiery

Firm

Forceful

Frivolous

Frolic

Frolicsome

Fun

Gay

Gleeful

Goofy

Hearty

High-spirited

High-strung

Impish

Iron

Jocose

Jocular

Jocund

Jolly

Jovial

Keen

Kittenish

Knavish

Lighthearted

Lively

Lusty

Merry

Mettlesome

Mischievous

Nervous

Nimble

Open-eyed

Peppery

Pixie

Playful

Pleasant

Pleasing

Pleasurable

Prankish

Puckish

Rascally

Robust

Silly

Skittish

Sly

Slyly

Solid

Spiffy

Spirited

Sprightly

Spry

Spunky

Stout

Strong

Sturdy

Sunny

Tricksy

Trifling

Up

Upbeat

Vigorous

Vivacious

Waggish

Whimsical

Wicked

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