playful
adjectiveHow many syllables in playful?
There are 2 syllables in the word playful.How to pronounce playful:
Definition of playful:
- playful (adjective):
- good-natured and humorous
- full of fun and high spirits.
- full of play frolicsome, sportive
Synonyms for playful:
amusing
antic
arch
coltish
coy
delightful
devilish
elfin
elfish
energetic
enjoyable
entertaining
fay
flirtatious
frisky
frolicky
frolicsome
fun
gay
good-natured
goofy
happy
humorous
impish
implike
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Antonyms for playful:
aloof
apathetic
calm
chastened
cheerless
clean
conservative
controlled
cowed
dead
dejected
depressed
despondent
detached
dignified
dismal
dispassionate
dispirited
doddering
doleful
down in the dumps
downcast
dreamy
droopy
drowsy
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- congealed
- stumbling
- firmly
- entreat
- cousin
- e'er
- sucked
- message
- unsure
- slacked
- screeching
- poignant
- laying
- inscribe
- beckoned
- abhor
- scheming
- oblige
- approve
- recline
- licked
- deftly
- discussed
- chastise
- pandered
- sixty
- prancing
- awkward
- cradling
- gloated
- refreshed
- howled
- creeper
- rejoiced
- fervor
- dawdling
- body
- raveled
- fabric
- blotted
- echoed
- rashly
- quivered
- profess
- etched
- sufficed
- plastered
- traverse
- enmesh
- vagrant
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