Words that rhyme with playful

• able 0
  adj 1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project" [ant: unable] 2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [syn: able, capable] 3: having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings" 4: having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able- bodied young man served in the army" [syn: able, able- bodied]
• appraisal 0
  n 1: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth [syn: appraisal, assessment] 2: a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) [syn: appraisal, estimate, estimation] 3: an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something
• awful 0
  adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully] adj 1: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable] 2: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible] 3: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound [syn: nasty, awful] [ant: nice] 4: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: awed, awful] 5: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn: frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous] 6: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing]
• bagel 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust [syn: bagel, beigel]
• basal 0
  adj 1: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves" [syn: radical, basal] [ant: cauline] 2: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base] 3: of primary importance [syn: basal, primary]
• biracial 0
  adj 1: consisting of or combining two races; "a biracial committee"
• cable 0
  n 1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: cable, cablegram, overseas telegram] 2: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [syn: cable, line, transmission line] 3: a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire 4: a nautical unit of depth [syn: cable, cable length, cable's length] 5: television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [syn: cable television, cable] 6: a television system that transmits over cables [syn: cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service] v 1: send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire] 2: fasten with a cable; "cable trees"
• careful 0
  adj 1: exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" [ant: careless] 2: cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice" [syn: careful, heedful] 3: unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured] 4: full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41 5: mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money" [syn: careful, thrifty]
• cradle 0
  n 1: a baby bed with sides and rockers 2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience] 3: birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" 4: a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold [syn: rocker, cradle] v 1: hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms" 2: bring up from infancy 3: hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms" 4: cut grain with a cradle scythe 5: wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" 6: run with the stick
• delightful 0
  adj 1: greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke" [syn: delightful, delicious]
• disgraceful 0
  adj 1: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking] 2: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]
• evil 0
  adj 1: morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" [ant: good] 2: having the nature of vice [syn: evil, vicious] 3: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign, evil] n 1: morally objectionable behavior [syn: evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquity] 2: that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare 3: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" [syn: evil, evilness] [ant: good, goodness]
• fable 0
  n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication, fiction, fable] 2: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 3: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events [syn: legend, fable]
• facial 0
  adj 1: of or concerning the face; "a facial massage"; "facial hair"; "facial expression" 2: of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object n 1: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles [syn: facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve] 2: care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
• faithful 0
  adj 1: steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" [ant: unfaithful] 2: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" [syn: close, faithful] 3: not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife" [ant: unfaithful] n 1: any loyal and steadfast following 2: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful]
• fatal 0
  adj 1: bringing death [ant: nonfatal] 2: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" [syn: fateful, fatal] 3: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] 4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" [syn: fatal, fateful]
• fateful 0
  adj 1: having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived" [syn: fateful, fatal] 2: ominously prophetic [syn: fateful, foreboding(a), portentous] 3: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] 4: controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" [syn: fatal, fateful]
• gleeful 0
  adj 1: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn: elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]
• graceful 0
  adj 1: characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution [ant: awkward] 2: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant, graceful, refined]
• grateful 0
  adj 1: feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile" [syn: grateful, thankful] [ant: thankless, ungrateful, unthankful] 2: affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"
• hateful 0
  adj 1: evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly [ant: lovable, loveable] 2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" [syn: hateful, mean]
• hazel 0
  adj 1: of a light brown or yellowish brown color n 1: Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine- grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn: hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala] 2: the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) 3: any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn: hazelnut, hazel, hazelnut tree] 4: a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes
• hurtful 0
  adj 1: causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words" 2: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" [syn: deleterious, hurtful, injurious]
• interracial 0
  adj 1: between races; "interracial conflict" 2: involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood" [syn: interracial, mixed]
• joyful 0
  adj 1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" [ant: sorrowful] 2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn: elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]
• ladle 0
  n 1: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another v 1: put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl" 2: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]
• loyal 0
  adj 1: steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him" [ant: disloyal] 2: inspired by love for your country [syn: patriotic, loyal] [ant: disloyal, unpatriotic] 3: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)]
• maple 0
  n 1: wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring 2: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
• multiracial 0
  adj 1: made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races; "a multiracial society"; "multiracial government"
• nasal 0
  adj 1: of or in or relating to the nose; "nasal passages" [syn: rhinal, nasal] 2: sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice" [syn: adenoidal, pinched, nasal] n 1: a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed [syn: nasal consonant, nasal] 2: an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose [syn: nasal, nasal bone, os nasale]
• naval 0
  adj 1: connected with or belonging to or used in a navy; "naval history"; "naval commander"; "naval vessels"
• navel 0
  n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus] 2: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel, navel point]
• needle 0
  n 1: the leaf of a conifer [syn: acerate leaf, needle] 2: a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument 3: a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) 4: a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record [syn: phonograph needle, needle] v 1: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad] 2: prick with a needle
• painful 0
  adj 1: causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" [ant: painless] 2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive, painful, sore] 3: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable] 4: causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful" [syn: irritating, painful]
• palatial 0
  adj 1: relating to or being a palace; "the palatial residence" 2: suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"
• peaceful 0
  adj 1: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant: unpeaceful] 2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance" [syn: passive, peaceful]
• people 0
  n 1: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" 2: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people" [syn: citizenry, people] 3: members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" 4: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed] v 1: fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes" 2: furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated"
• purple 0
  adj 1: of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn: purple, violet, purplish] 2: excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over- embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn: empurpled, over-embellished, purple] 3: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal] n 1: a purple color or pigment [syn: purple, purpleness] 2: of imperial status; "he was born to the purple" v 1: become purple 2: color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate]
• racial 0
  adj 1: of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups" 2: of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination" [ant: nonracial]
• reappraisal 0
  n 1: a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment]
• shameful 0
  adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful] 2: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking]
• spatial 0
  adj 1: pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space; "the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial one"; "spatial ability"; "spatial awareness"; "the spatial distribution of the population" [syn: spatial, spacial] [ant: nonspatial]
• stable 0
  adj 1: resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices" [ant: unstable] 2: firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable" 3: not taking part readily in chemical change 4: maintaining equilibrium 5: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: static, stable, unchanging] n 1: a farm building for housing horses or other livestock [syn: stable, stalls, horse barn] v 1: shelter in a stable; "stable horses"
• staple 0
  adj 1: necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop" n 1: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant [syn: basic, staple] 2: a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple fibers vary widely in length" [syn: staple, staple fiber, staple fibre] 3: material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing [syn: raw material, staple] 4: a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables 5: paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together v 1: secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together" [ant: unstaple]
• table 0
  n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate]
• tasteful 0
  adj 1: having or showing or conforming to good taste [ant: tasteless] 2: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" [syn: neat, refined, tasteful]
• ungrateful 0
  adj 1: not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful, thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful] 2: disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln
• wasteful 0
  adj 1: inefficient in use of time and effort and materials; "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power" [syn: uneconomical, wasteful] 2: tending to squander and waste [ant: thrifty] 3: laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
• april 0
  n 1: the month following March and preceding May [syn: April, Apr]
• spacial 0
  adj 1: pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space; "the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial one"; "spatial ability"; "spatial awareness"; "the spatial distribution of the population" [syn: spatial, spacial] [ant: nonspatial]
• rachel 0
  n 1: (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

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