Rollicking

Synonyms for "rollicking" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

frolicsome rollicksome animated antic blustering blusterous blustery boisterous bullying capersome cheerful coltish

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (19)

exuberant frisky full of beans gamesome gay glad happy harum scarum harum-scarum hearty hectoring hilarious joyful joyous knock-down-and-drag-out knockabout lighthearted

Adjective(2 words)

frolicky frolicsome

Related words (31)

lively noisy playful raging rambunctious rampageous ranting raving riotous roistering roisterous rompish rough rough-and-tumble rowdy skittish spirited sportive sprightly storming

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swaggering swashbuckling swashing tumultuous vital vivacious wild zestful zippy

Adjective(1 words)

rollicksome

Adjective(1 words)

sportive

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

frolicsome rollicksome

derived

2 entries

rollickingly rollickingness

derived from

1 entries

rollick

form of

1 entries

rollick

has context

1 entries

related to

5 entries

boisterous bollocking carefree merry scolding

similar

1 entries

playful

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm telling you, the boss'll eat you whole if you go in there now. He's just sacked Tom after giving him a rollicking.

Source: tatoeba (11593508)

The best entertainment came during the two weeks following Christmas—when neighbors would visit each other's homes and have rollicking house parties.

Source: tatoeba (12129117)

Mary's giving Tom a rollicking.

Source: tatoeba (12141101)

Thanks for explaining the situation. I'm going to give him the rollicking of his life.

Source: wiktionary

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