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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
frolic (adjective)full of fun - merry
intransitive verb
1.
to amuse oneself make merry
2.
to play and run about happily - romp
1.
a playful or mischievous action
2.
a) an occasion or scene of fun - party
b) - fun merriment
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
frolic (adjective)joyously unrestrained
SYNONYMS:
bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank, effervescent, frolic, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, vivaciousRELATED WORDS:
extroverted ( extraverted), outgoing, uninhibited; carefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, joyful, lighthearted, lively, sprightly; boisterous, raucous, rollicking, rowdy; giddy, light-headed, overexuberant, silly; ecstatic, euphoric, lyric, rapturous; audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, impudent, insolent, saucyNEAR ANTONYMS:
constrained, inhibited, repressed, restrained, subdued; impassive, phlegmatic, stoic ( stoical), stolid; depressed, dour, glum, morose, surly1.
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
SYNONYMS:
antic, caper, capriccio, dido, escapade, frolic, gag, jest, knavery, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, rag, roguery, shavie, shine(s), trick, waggeryRELATED WORDS:
skylarking; adventure, experience, game, lark, time; high jinks ( hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism; shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; joking, kidding, teasing; gambit, hoax, maneuver, ploy; deed, feat, mission, performance, stunt; caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy ( whimsey); deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile2.
a time or instance of carefree fun
SYNONYMS:
binge, frisk, frolic, gambol, idyll ( idyl), lark, ploy, revel, rollick, romp, spreeRELATED WORDS:
caper, escapade, prank; bender, brannigan, bum, bust, carouse, souse, splore [], toot; antic, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s); field day; festivity, merriment, merrymaking; enjoyment, indulgence, pleasure, self-indulgence; amusement, diversion, entertainment, recreation3.
activity engaged in to amuse oneself
SYNONYMS:
dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, recreation, relaxation, rollicking, sportRELATED WORDS:
gamboling ( gambolling), romping; amusement, diversion, entertainment; hobby, hobbyhorse, pastime; delight, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasure; friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, wantonness; devilment, devilry ( deviltry), hanky-panky, hob, impishness, jinks, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, waggery; binge, fling, kick, lark, revel, rollick, spree; hilarity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry, whoopee; buffoonery, high jinks ( hijinks), horseplay, tomfooleryNEAR ANTONYMS:
drudgery, labor, work; duty, obligation, responsibility1.
to play and run about happily
SYNONYMS:
caper, cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sportRELATED WORDS:
bound, hop, leap, lope, skip, spring, trip, tumble; curvet, dance, prance; carouse, revel, roister; carry on, fool around, horse around; clown, cut up; joyride, roughhouse, skylark; kiteNEAR ANTONYMS:
mope, pout, stew, sulk2.
to engage in activity for amusement
SYNONYMS:
dally, disport, frolic, recreate, rollick, skylark, sport, toyRELATED WORDS:
cavort, frisk, gambol, romp; dabble, trifle; amuse, divert, entertain; delight, please; dabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around); bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about [], idle, loaf, lounge (around about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off); jest, joke, teaseNEAR ANTONYMS:
drudge, labor, plod, plug (away), slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, work
Frolic (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- frolick
Etymology
From Dutch vrolijk (“cheerful”), from Middle Dutch vrolijc, from Old Dutch frōlīk, from Proto-Germanic *frawalīkaz. Compare German fröhlich (“blitheful, gaily, happy, merry”).
The first element, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, is cognate with Middle English frow (“hasty”); the latter element, ultimately from *-līkaz, is cognate with
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