Word Meanings - FROLICSOME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive. Old England, who takes a frolicsome brain fever once every two or three years, for the benefit of her doctors. Sir W. Scott. -- Frol"ic*some*ly, adv. -- Frol"ic*some*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FROLICSOME)

• Airy
• Light
• ethereal
• spiritual
• joyous
• sprightly
• lively
• animated
• frolicsome
• fairy-like
• Rollicking
• Roystering
• hoydenish
• blustering
• Wanton
• Wandering
• roving
• sportive
• playful
• loose
• unbridled
• uncurbed
• reckless
• unrestrained
• irregular
• licentious
• dissolute
• inconsiderate
• heedless
• gratuitous

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FROLICSOME)

• Tie
• fasten
• hold
• retain

Related words: (words related to FROLICSOME)

• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• LIGHT
  licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
• WANTON
  wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness."
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• ROVINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• ROYSTER; ROYSTERER
  same as Roister, Roisterer.
• ANIMATING
  Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• SPIRITUALIZE
  To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
• LIGHTSOME
  1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
• ETHEREALITY
  The state of being ethereal; etherealness. Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• LIGHTNESS
  The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
• ETHEREALLY
  In an ethereal manner.
• LIGHT-ARMED
  Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
• DISSOLUTE
  1. With nerves unstrung; weak. Spenser. 2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley. Syn. -- Uncurbed;
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• SPIRITUAL-MINDED
  Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
• LIGHTERAGE
  1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• CORROVAL
  A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• PROVINCIALLY
  In a provincial manner.
• DRUMMOND LIGHT
  A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
• CONTROVERSAL
  1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle.
• APPROVING
  Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• INANIMATION
  Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.