Sportive
1 Sportive — Sport ive ( [i^]v), a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry. [1913 Webster] Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court? Shak. [1913 Webster] {Sport ive*ly}, adv. {Sport ive*ness}, n. [1913… …
2 sportive — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3 sportive — 1580s, from SPORT (Cf. sport) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Sportively; sportiveness …
4 sportive — *playful, frolicsome, roguish, waggish, impish, mischievous Analogous words: blithe, *merry, jocund, jovial, jolly: mirthful, gleeful, hilarious (see corresponding nouns at MIRTH) …
5 sportive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ playful; light hearted …
6 sportive — [spôrt′iv] adj. 1. a) fond of or full of sport or merriment; playful b) done in fun or play, not in earnest 2. of, or having the nature of, sport, esp. outdoor sport 3. Obs. amorous or erotic sportively adv. sportiveness n …
7 sportive — ● sportif, sportive adjectif Qui est propre à un sport, aux sports ou qui s y rapporte : Les résultats sportifs. Qui a le caractère d un sport, de la compétition : Conduite sportive d une automobile. Qui évoque la pratique d un sport : Une allure …
8 sportive — sportively, adv. sportiveness; Archaic. sportability, n. /spawr tiv, spohr /, adj. 1. playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy. 2. done in sport, rather than in earnest: a sportive show of affection. 3. pertaining to or… …
9 Sportive — Sportif Un sportif est une personne qui pratique régulièrement une activité physique. On distingue les sportifs amateurs et les sportifs de haut niveau. Les premiers pratiquent en général le sport pour se divertir et conserver une bonne condition …
10 sportive — sporting / sportive [adj] playful and fair antic, coltish, considerate, devil may care*, frisky, frolicsome, full of fun*, game, gamesome, gay, generous, impish, jaunty, joyous, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking …
11 sportive — adjective Date: 1590 1. a. frolicsome, playful b. ardent, wanton 2. of or relating to sports and especially field sports • sportively adverb • sportiveness noun …
12 sportive — adjective a) playful, coltish. b) interested in sport …
13 sportive — Synonyms and related words: animated, antic, arch, blithe, buoyant, capering, capersome, cavorting, coltish, devilish, elfish, elvish, exuberant, foolish, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of mischief, gamesome, gay, gleeful, hearty, high… …
14 sportive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gay, playful, sprightly; see active 2 , jaunty . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. playful, fun, romping, merry, joking, frisky, roguish, frolicsome, gamesome, jaunty. ANT.: serious, grave, earnest III (Roget s Thesaurus …
15 sportive — spor·tive || spÉ”rtɪv / spɔɪ adj. playful, frolicsome, lively; of or pertaining to sports; interested or involved in sports …
16 sportive — adjective playful; light hearted. Derivatives sportively adverb sportiveness noun …
17 sportive — a. 1. Gay, frohcsome, playful, lively, merry, gamesome, sprightly, frisky, tricksy, rollicking, hilarious, wanton, buxom, prankish, full of play, full of fun. 2. Jocose, jocular, waggish, humorous, comic, ludicrous, frolicsome, playful, gamesome …
18 sportive — adjective literary enjoying fun and making jokes in a friendly way; playful sportively adverb sportiveness noun (U) …
19 sportive — adj 1. playful, gamesome, (in musical directions) scherzando; frolicsome, full of fun, fun loving; spirited, high spirited, frisky, coltish, skittish, Inf. full of beans, Inf. feeling one s oats; kittenish, romping; sprightly, lively, jaunty,… …
20 sportive — spor·tive …
