playfulness
Spirited, teasing energy
Playfulness is a lighthearted, fun-loving quality—the spirit of someone who jokes, teases, or engages with the world as if it were a game.
A playful remark isn't meant seriously; a playful shove isn't meant to hurt.
There was a playfulness in her voice that made everyone relax.
The word suggests spontaneity and lack of rigid purpose.
Playful, spirited activity
- gambolPlayful leaping about
- cavortPlay with lively movement
- frolicLighthearted playful movement
- pranceStep high and proud
frisk · rollick · caper · skip · tumble · bounce · leap · twirl
Hearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- levityLack of seriousness
- cheerfulnessState of bright spirits
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
vivacity · exuberance · ebullience · spiritedness · animation · effervescence · sprightliness · jauntiness
Vocal expression of amusement
- gigglesShort, silly laughs
- amusementPleased entertainment state
- witClever, inventive humor
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
teasing · joking · jesting · chuckles · hilarity · comedy · funniness · wisecracks
Unpredictable urge or notion
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- fancifulnessImaginative, unrealistic quality
- impishnessPlayful mischievous quality
- drolleryWhimsical, understated humor
zaniness · eccentricity · mischievousness · unpredictability · spriteliness · pixie · elfin · trickster
romp
Playful, spirited activity
prance · frisk · rollick · caper · skip · tumble · bounce · leap · twirl · chase
joviality
Hearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- levityLack of seriousness
- cheerfulnessState of bright spirits
buoyancy · vivacity · exuberance · ebullience · spiritedness · animation · effervescence · sprightliness · jauntiness · blitheness
laughter
Vocal expression of amusement
banter · teasing · joking · jesting · chuckles · hilarity · comedy · funniness · wisecracks · repartee
caprice
Unpredictable urge or notion
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- fancifulnessImaginative, unrealistic quality
- impishnessPlayful mischievous quality
drollery · zaniness · eccentricity · mischievousness · unpredictability · spriteliness · pixie · elfin · trickster · puckish
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- personality traitsextraversion, agreeableness, introvert, neuroticism, temperament
- speech tonessarcasm, sincerity, formality, informality, politeness
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- childlike innocenceinnocence, wonder, curiosity, imagination, naivety
playfulnessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · earnestness · graveness · soberness
playfulnessglumness
State of being dispirited
joylessness · cheerlessness · sadness · melancholy · gloom
playfulnessrestraint
Control over impulses
stiffness · stuffiness · formality · self-control · rigidity
play, player, playful, playing, played, playmate, plays, players, playfully