Sportive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Playful; frolicsome.
  • adj. Relating to or interested in sports.
  • adj. Archaic Amorous or wanton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. gay; frolicsome; merry
  • adj. Playful, coltish.
  • adj. Interested in sport.
  • adj. Sporty, good at sport.
  • n. cyclosportive
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Inclined toward sport; fond of sport or amusement; frolicsome; playful.
  • Connected with amusement or sports; characterized by sport, mirth, or pleasantry.
  • Amorous; wanton.
  • In botany and zoology, tending to vary from the normal type. See sport, n., 8. Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 407.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. given to merry frolicking
  • adj. relating to or interested in sports
  • Equivalent
    playful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gay    frolicsome    playful    merry    jesting    freaky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frolicsome    light-hearted    playful    jocular    sprightly    waggish    blithe    exuberant    witty    mirthful