Thesaurus / larking
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synonyms for larking
- affable
- amiable
- buoyant
- cheery
- chipper
- convivial
- cordial
- festive
- good-natured
- jolly
- lighthearted
- pleasant
- sociable
- airy
- animated
- bantering
- blithe
- blithesome
- bouncy
- chaffing
- chirpy
- companionable
- conversable
- daffy
- delightful
- dizzy
- enjoyable
- facetious
- festal
- gay
- glad
- gleeful
- hilarious
- humorous
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- jollying
- joshing
- jubilant
- loony
- lots of laughs
- merry
- mirthful
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- amusing
- cheerful
- comical
- enjoyable
- fun-loving
- glad
- hilarious
- jolly
- joyful
- joyous
- lighthearted
- lively
- mad
- pleasant
- rollicking
- sunny
- winsome
- blithe
- blithesome
- boisterous
- boon
- carefree
- comic
- convivial
- entertaining
- facetious
- frolicsome
- funny
- gay
- gleeful
- grooving
- humorous
- jocund
- jumping
- mirthful
- perky
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rocking
- saturnalian
- sportive
- unconstrained
- uproarious
- vivacious
- wild
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
- amusing
- blithe
- blithesome
- carefree
- cheerful
- cheery
- convivial
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- festive
- frolicsome
- fun-loving
- funny
- gay
- glad
- gleeful
- happy
- jocund
- jolly
- joyful
- joyous
- lighthearted
- lively
- perky
- playful
- sunny
- vivacious
antonyms for larking
MOST RELEVANT
- depressed
- disagreeable
- gloomy
- hateful
- heavy-hearted
- mean
- surly
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unpleasant
- unsociable
- sad
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use larking in a sentence
Sam Clemens and John Briggs had run away from school and had been sky larking all that day, and knew nothing of the affair.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINESometimes he would go mud-larking, and seldom missed finding some treasure or other.
SUNSHINE BILLW H G KINGSTONIt was more likely that he disapproved of my "larking" with the American boys and giving them a glove to divide in bits.
THE HEATHER-MOONC. N. WILLIAMSON AND A. M. WILLIAMSONThe farm can't be run with decrepit men or larking boys, nor the war won with less than its full quota of soldiers.
MOBILIZING WOMAN-POWERHARRIOT STANTON BLATCHMaddie was in one of her larking humours, and gave Joe quite enough to do to keep time with her.
ROBBERY UNDER ARMSTHOMAS ALEXANDER BROWNE, AKA ROLF BOLDREWOODThe riffle was not rough enough to make any real trouble, and we both took the thing strictly in a larking spirit.
DOWN THE YELLOWSTONELEWIS R. FREEMANMiss Morgan is very intimate with Letty Jones, who is a nice larking girl, and understands how to manage her mamma.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 57, NO. 355, MAY 1845VARIOUSPeople are continually jumping on and off whilst the train is in motion, and larking from one car to the other.
THREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, APRIL-JUNE 1863ARTHUR J. L. (LIEUT.-COL.) FREMANTLEIt was past midnight when that larking pony came steaming up to the little white tavern.
A BREEZE FROM THE WOODS, 2ND ED.WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BARTLETTIt is early afternoon yet, too, and the larking and license are as nothing to what may be expected before midnight.
SPANISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYSKATHARINE LEE BATESWORDS RELATED TO LARKING
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- animated
- bantering
- blithe
- blithesome
- bouncy
- buoyant
- chaffing
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- companionable
- conversable
- convivial
- cordial
- daffy
- delightful
- dizzy
- enjoyable
- facetious
- festal
- festive
- gay
- glad
- gleeful
- good-natured
- hilarious
- humorous
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- jolly
- jollying
- joshing
- jubilant
- larking
- lighthearted
- loony
- lots of laughs
- merry
- mirthful
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- pleasant
- sociable
- amusing
- blithe
- blithesome
- boisterous
- boon
- carefree
- cheerful
- comic
- comical
- convivial
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- frolicsome
- fun-loving
- funny
- gay
- glad
- gleeful
- grooving
- hilarious
- humorous
- jocund
- jolly
- joyful
- joyous
- jumping
- larking
- lighthearted
- lively
- mad
- mirthful
- perky
- pleasant
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rocking
- rollicking
- saturnalian
- sportive
- sunny
- unconstrained
- uproarious
- vivacious
- wild
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
- amusing
- blithe
- blithesome
- boisterous
- boon
- carefree
- cheerful
- comic
- comical
- convivial
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- frolicsome
- fun-loving
- funny
- gay
- glad
- gleeful
- grooving
- hilarious
- humorous
- jocund
- jolly
- joyful
- joyous
- jumping
- larking
- lighthearted
- lively
- mad
- mirthful
- perky
- pleasant
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rocking
- rollicking
- saturnalian
- sportive
- sunny
- unconstrained
- uproarious
- vivacious
- wild
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.