Antonyms for playful
ˈpleɪ fəlplay·ful

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1. playful

   Synonyms:
   lively, sportive, jocund, frolicsome, gay, vivacious, sprightly

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1. playfuladjective

   full of fun and high spirits

   "playful children just let loose from school"

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, serious

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1. playfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   sportive, frolicsome, prankish, jocular, sprightly, wanton

How to use playful in a sentence?

1. Stuart Price:

   In all 10 years since I've been photographing lions in Africa, yesterday afternoon was the first time I've ever pointed up to get the picture. This happened after a playful sub-adult male lion jumped into a tree less than five meters from our vehicle.

2. Gordana Biernat:

   Don't fear change. Surprise is the only way to new discoveries. Be playful!

3. Pam Dawber:

   Somehow he had that magic. If you put it on paper you would be appalled, but somehow he had this guileless little thing that he would do – those sparkly eyes. He’d look at you, really playful, like a puppy, all of a sudden. And then he’d grab your t--s and then run away. And somehow he could get away with it. It was the '70s, after all.

4. Phyllis Fagell:

   I love working with middle schoolers because they are as insightful as they are playful, and they are often very playful.

5. Mudrakat Alabi-Macfoy:

   For me it is something fun, something playful, something whimsical, something comfortable ... a bit of color, a bit of pop.

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