sportiveness
Lighthearted romping spirit
Sportiveness is playful, frolicsome behavior—the quality of being lighthearted and inclined toward fun.
The word suggests energy and good humor rather than seriousness: The puppy's sportiveness delighted the children.
It can also carry a teasing or mischievous edge: There was a sportiveness in her remarks that kept everyone guessing.
Playful, capricious quality
- jocularityHumorous, playful manner
- jestingPlayful, unserious speech
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
fun · humor · mischievousness · impishness · waggishness · flirtation · dalliance · toying
Amusement with laughter
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- jollityCheerful liveliness
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- cheerfulnessState of bright spirits
glee · exuberance · vivacity · effervescence · buoyancy · zest · revelry · jubilation
Playful, spirited activity
- caperPrank or pickled bud
- gambolPlayful leaping about
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- escapadeReckless, exciting adventure
prank · high jinks · skylarking · rollick · spree · horseplay · tomfoolery · roughhousing
whimsy
Playful, capricious quality
- jocularityHumorous, playful manner
- jestingPlayful, unserious speech
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
banter · fun · humor · mischievousness · impishness · waggishness · flirtation · dalliance · toying · lightheartedness
mirth
Amusement with laughter
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- jollityCheerful liveliness
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
cheerfulness · glee · exuberance · vivacity · effervescence · buoyancy · zest · revelry · jubilation · mirthfulness
romp
Playful, spirited activity
escapade · prank · high jinks · skylarking · rollick · spree · horseplay · tomfoolery · roughhousing · capering
sportivenessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · earnestness · soberness · staidness
sportivenesssadness
State of emotional pain
gloom · melancholy · moroseness · joylessness · cheerlessness
sportivenesslethargy
Abnormal drowsiness and apathy
listlessness · torpor · sluggishness · inertness · passivity
sport, sporting, sportsman, sportsmanship, sportswear, sportive, sportsmanlike, sportscaster, sportsperson