Sportive Synonyms

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Synonyms for Sportive

playful
The definition of playful is a lively and fun person or thing, or something said or done in a joking way.
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festive
The definition of festive refers to something for a party or cheerful and celebratory.
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sprightly
(Especially of old people) energetic and in good health
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boon
Kind; bountiful; benign
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frisky
The definition of frisky is a playful or lively person or thing.
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frolicsome
Full of gaiety or high spirits; playful; merry
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game
Having enough spirit or enthusiasm; ready (for something)
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gamesome
Full of sport; playful
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jocular
The definition of jocular is prone to joking or marked by joking.
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lively
Bounding back with, or having, great resilience
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merry
Brisk:
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prankish
Full of pranks; mischievous or frolicsome
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wanton
(Obs.) Undisciplined; unmanageable
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impish
Of or befitting an imp; mischievous.
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mischievous
Inclined to annoy or vex with playful tricks; naughty
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waggish
Like, characteristic of, or befitting a wag; roguishly merry
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coltish
Relating to or suggestive of a colt.
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frolicky
(Obsolete) frolicsome
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Words Related to Sportive

active
Being in physical motion:
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jaunty
Genteel.
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work
Designating or of heavy-duty clothing designed for wear while engaged in manual or outdoor labor
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doglike
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Sportive Sentence Examples

  • Many of the wilder myths are the expressions of the sportive and humorous faculties.

  • The sportive lemurs are smallish grey-brown creatures with a small round head, flattish face, sticky-out round ears and a long bushy tail.

  • I no longer wished to contend with all that excess of anxiety which had always afflicted me, prior to any sportive competition.

  • The Links were alive with sportive children, and cricketers in white flannels prepared for their friendly rivalry.

  • The sportive lemurs (Lepidolemur) are smaller than the typical species of Lemur, and the adults generally lose their upper incisors.

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