rollicking
adjective
rol·lick·ing ˈrä-li-kiŋ 
: boisterously carefree, joyful, or high-spirited
a rollicking adventure film
Synonyms
- boisterous
- hell-raising
- knockabout
- rambunctious
- raucous
- robustious
- roisterous
- rowdy
- rumbustious [chiefly British]
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Example Sentences
We had a rollicking good time. reunions with his friends from college were usually rollicking affairs
Recent Examples on the Web This might not be saying much, since the entire movie, a rollicking and ruminative look at the director’s childhood and teenage years, could hardly have been made by anyone else. 
Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 In 2009, Christopher McDougall published Born to Run, a rollicking account of the distance running feats of a tribe living in Mexico’s Copper Canyons known as the Tarahumara. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2019 Rodrigo won three in total, actually, including best new artist, capping off a rollicking 15-month stretch. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 It’s a rollicking, joyful piece, and from the opening bars Miró played with a unity that was almost disorienting. Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2021 Ghost Hounds opened Saturday’s show with a rollicking 45 minute performance showcasing cuts from their latest studio album, September’s A Little Calamity. Jim Ryan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 In her formally experimental series of autobiographies, Deborah Levy takes a rollicking, intimate journey through the challenges of motherhood and writing. Kirsten Denker, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2021 Dressed in full wigs, makeup and their signature, skintight costumes, co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons took the stage with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer for a rollicking, bombastic set. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 June 2021 In the rollicking Senate District 26 GOP primary, state Rep. Bill Reineke won handily over Melissa Ackison. Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020 See More
Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 In 2009, Christopher McDougall published Born to Run, a rollicking account of the distance running feats of a tribe living in Mexico’s Copper Canyons known as the Tarahumara. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2019 Rodrigo won three in total, actually, including best new artist, capping off a rollicking 15-month stretch. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 It’s a rollicking, joyful piece, and from the opening bars Miró played with a unity that was almost disorienting. Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2021 Ghost Hounds opened Saturday’s show with a rollicking 45 minute performance showcasing cuts from their latest studio album, September’s A Little Calamity. Jim Ryan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 In her formally experimental series of autobiographies, Deborah Levy takes a rollicking, intimate journey through the challenges of motherhood and writing. Kirsten Denker, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2021 Dressed in full wigs, makeup and their signature, skintight costumes, co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons took the stage with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer for a rollicking, bombastic set. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 June 2021 In the rollicking Senate District 26 GOP primary, state Rep. Bill Reineke won handily over Melissa Ackison. Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing rollicking
rollicking 1 of 3
adjective
1
as in raucous
being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way reunions with his friends from college were usually rollicking affairs Synonyms & Similar Words
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- raucous
- boisterous
- lively
- knockabout
- rowdy
- rumbustious
- rambunctious
- carnival
- hell-raising
- violent
- riotous
- screaming
- noisy
- robustious
- roisterous
- wild
- wild and woolly
- exuberant
- carnivalesque
- raffish
- turbulent
- impassioned
- uninhibited
- uncontrolled
- buoyant
- bubbly
- effervescent
- sprightly
- vivacious
- yelling
- ruffianly
- tempestuous
- howling
- uncontrollable
- unrestrained
- stormy
- larrikin
- rampageous
- high-spirited
- rackety
- unreserved
- strident
- unruly
- rowdyish
- vociferous
- undisciplined
- unmanageable
- clamorous
- headstrong
- obstreperous
- ungovernable
- willful
- callithumpian
- recalcitrant
- intractable
- loudmouthed
- openmouthed
- wilful
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solemn
- somber
- sedate
- sombre
- orderly
- proper
- staid
- sober
- dignified
- decorous
- restrained
- quiet
- placid
- hushed
- serene
- collected
- peaceful
- tranquil
- calm
- composed
- silent
- controlled
- subdued
- unruffled
- noiseless
- seemly
- moderate
- imperturbable
- reasonable
- temperate
- soundless
- inhibited
- unflappable
- repressed
- stolid
- phlegmatic
- stoical
- constrained
- stoic
- depressed
- detached
- indifferent
- impassive
- aloof
- self-controlled
2
as in playful
given to good-natured joking or teasing a rollicking boy who quickly charms everyone he meets Synonyms & Similar Words
- playful
- lively
- entertaining
- merry
- amusing
- larky
- frolicsome
- goofy
- mischievous
- frisky
- sportive
- delightful
- energetic
- antic
- fun
- elfish
- spirited
- happy
- enjoyable
- sportful
- coltish
- fay
- lighthearted
- whimsical
- frolic
- silly
- pleasing
- spunky
- sprightly
- roguish
- vivacious
- pleasant
- gay
- joking
- kittenish
- impish
- diverting
- jocund
- coy
- teasing
- prankish
- rascally
- jocular
- knavish
- pleasurable
- pixie
- devilish
- frivolous
- jocose
- dabbling
- jesting
- trifling
- pixy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- earnest
- sober
- serious
- solemn
- somber
- sombre
- dutiful
- grim
- stern
- responsible
- stolid
- serious-minded
- proper
- grave
- sedate
- sobersided
- formal
- staid
- decorous
- stuffy
- restrained
- starchy
- priggish
- no-nonsense
- inhibited
- guarded
rollicking
2 of 3noun
as in fun
activity engaged in to amuse oneself likes to indulge in mindless rollicking after a day at work in order to relax Synonyms & Similar Words
- fun
- relaxation
- recreation
- amusement
- entertainment
- frolicking
- play
- enjoyment
- frolic
- dalliance
- sport
- pleasure
- romping
- playfulness
- diversion
- rollick
- delight
- gamboling
- fun and games
- hobby
- pastime
- mischief
- devilment
- merrymaking
- hobbyhorse
- kick
- sportiveness
- hilarity
- friskiness
- roguishness
- lark
- gambolling
- revel
- jinks
- revelry
- pleasance
- tomfoolery
- merriment
- rascality
- horseplay
- impishness
- spree
- mischievousness
- buffoonery
- waggery
- fling
- devilry
- wantonness
- whoopee
- hijinks
- knavery
- deviltry
- hob
- hanky-panky
- binge
- high jinks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- work
- labor
- drudgery
- duty
- responsibility
- obligation
rollicking
3 of 3verb
1
as in playing
to engage in activity for amusement an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn Synonyms & Similar Words
- playing
- entertaining
- frolicking
- amusing
- recreating
- sporting
- skylarking
- romping
- relaxing
- toying
- joking
- disporting
- cavorting
- gamboling
- delighting
- dallying
- dabbling
- pleasing
- frisking
- diverting
- teasing
- hanging
- trifling
- resting
- gambolling
- dabbling
- jesting
- dawdling
- loafing
- idling
- goldbricking
- screwing around
- messing around
- fiddling (around)
- hanging about
- puttering (around)
- bumming (around)
- lounging (around or about)
- slacking (off)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- plodding
- working
- laboring
- struggling
- striving
- toiling
- plugging (away)
- sweating
- straining
- drudging
- slaving
2
as in dancing
to play and run about happily children rollicking during recess Synonyms & Similar Words
- dancing
- romping
- hopping
- leaping
- capering
- frolicking
- cavorting
- skipping
- gamboling
- sporting
- larking
- tumbling
- reveling
- frisking
- roistering
- loping
- gambolling
- bounding
- revelling
- cutting capers
- disporting
- carousing
- springing
- prancing
- tripping
- kicking up one's heels
- clowning
- curvetting
- skylarking
- joyriding
- roughhousing
- horsing around
- cutting up
- fooling around
- carrying on
- curveting
- kiting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pouting
- moping
- stewing
- sulking
- light out
- light pen
- light pillar
- light pipe
- light plot
- light pollution
- light pressure
- light quantum
- light railway
- light reaction
- light reading
- light red
- light red silver ore
- light repair
- light repeater
- light ruby silver ore
- light sails
- light show
- light sickness
- light skinned
- light sleeper
- light snow
- light speed
- light splitter
- light stand