Playfulness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Playful \Play"ful\, a.
     Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;
     humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. --
     {Play"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Play"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  playfulness
       n 1: a festive merry feeling [syn: {gaiety}]
       2: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her
          playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" [syn: {fun}]
       3: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the
          fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: {fun}, {merriment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "playfulness":
     animal spirits, animation, capersomeness, coltishness,
     devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, elan, elfishness,
     esprit, exuberance, flippancy, foolishness, friskiness, frivolity,
     frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, gusto, heartiness,
     high spirits, impishness, levity, life, liveliness, merriment,
     mischief, mischievousness, piss and vinegar, prankishness,
     pranksomeness, puckishness, roguery, roguishness, rollicksomeness,
     rompishness, scampishness, skittishness, spirit, spiritedness,
     spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, trickery, trickiness, verve,
     vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waggery, waggishness,
     youthful spirits, zest, zestfulness, zip