The dolphin is an intelligent and playful creature.
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Playful
//ˈpleɪfl̩//
Synonyms for "playful" (86 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
86 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παιγνιώδης adj (liking or prone to play)
Arabic
2 entries- دَاعِب adj (liking or prone to play)
- لَعُوب adj (liking or prone to play)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zarafatcıl adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Bulgarian
3 entries- закачлив adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- игрив adj (liking or prone to play)
- шеговит adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Catalan
2 entries- enjogassat adj (liking or prone to play)
- juganer adj (liking or prone to play)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- oynaq adj (liking or prone to play)
Czech
4 entries- hravý adj (liking or prone to play)
- humorný adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- laškovný adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- rozpustilý adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Esperanto
2 entries- petolema adj (liking or prone to play)
- ŝercema adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Finnish
4 entries- hauska adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- hauska adj (fun, recreational, not serious)
- leikkisä adj (liking or prone to play)
- viihdyttävä adj (fun, recreational, not serious)
French
3 entries- enjoué adj (liking or prone to play)
- folâtre adj (liking or prone to play)
- joueur adj (liking or prone to play)
Galician
3 entries- brincador adj (liking or prone to play)
- rebuldeiro adj (liking or prone to play)
- xoguetón adj (liking or prone to play)
German
1 entries- verspielt adj (liking or prone to play)
Greek
1 entries- παιχνιδιάρης adj (liking or prone to play)
Hebrew
4 entries- אוהב משחקים adj (liking or prone to play)
- משעשע adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- משתובב adj (liking or prone to play)
- משתעשע adj (liking or prone to play)
Ingrian
3 entries- mutkikas adj (liking or prone to play)
- naljakas adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- šuutkikas adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Irish
1 entries- cleasach adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Italian
4 entries- buffo adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- divertente adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- giocherellone adj (liking or prone to play)
- giocondo adj (liking or prone to play)
Japanese
1 entries- 遊戯的 adj (liking or prone to play)
Latin
2 entries- lascīvus adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- lūdibundus adj (liking or prone to play)
Latvian
4 entries- draisks adj (liking or prone to play)
- draisks adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- jautrs adj (liking or prone to play)
- jautrs adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́грив adj (liking or prone to play)
- па́лав adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- ра́зигран adj (liking or prone to play)
- ше́говит adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Māori
2 entries- pukutākaro adj (liking or prone to play)
- pūtakaro adj (liking or prone to play)
Old Tupi
2 entries- ory adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- oryb adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Polish
1 entries- żartobliwy adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Portuguese
3 entries- brincalhão adj (liking or prone to play)
- divertido adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- lúdico adj (fun, recreational, not serious)
Russian
2 entries- игри́вый adj (liking or prone to play)
- шутли́вый adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cluicheach adj (liking or prone to play)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȁzigrān adj (liking or prone to play)
- rȁzigrān adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- zàigrān adj (liking or prone to play)
- за̀игра̄н adj (liking or prone to play)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ойынзак adj (liking or prone to play)
Spanish
2 entries- divertido adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
- juguetón adj (liking or prone to play)
Swedish
1 entries- lekfull adj (liking or prone to play)
Turkish
2 entries- oyunbaz adj (liking or prone to play)
- oyuncu adj (liking or prone to play)
Welsh
4 entries- cellweirus adj (fun, recreational, not serious)
- chwaraegar adj (liking or prone to play)
- chwareus adj (liking or prone to play)
- chwareus adj (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
Yiddish
1 entries- שפּילעוודיק adj (liking or prone to play)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love.
Source: tatoeba (918769)
She laughed and gave me a playful shove.
Source: tatoeba (1832177)
They were so playful.
Source: tatoeba (2009059)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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