kittenish

The word “kittenish” has 3 syllables: kit-ten-ish

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪt.ən.ɪʃ/


What is synonym and antonym for kittenish?

In the thesaurus, “kittenish” has 20 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kittenish along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kittenish

  • childish
  • coquettish
  • coy
  • demure
  • elvish
  • flirtatious
  • flirty
  • frolicsome
  • fun-loving
  • girlish
  • goody-goody
  • governessy
  • impish
  • jaunty
  • mischievous
  • overmodest
  • priggish
  • prim
  • prudish
  • sportive

Antonyms for kittenish

  • lethargic
  • stiff
  • uncoy
  • unplayful

Meanings of kittenish

  • adjective
    1. Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
    2. Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.

Example Sentences

  • She gave him a kittenish smile that made him blush.
  • The actress was known for her kittenish charm and playful demeanor.
  • He laughed at her kittenish behavior during the party.
  • The model posed with a kittenish tilt of her head and a twinkle in her eye.
  • Her kittenish antics kept everyone in the room entertained.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kittenish, such as: childish, coquettish, coy, demure, elvish, flirtatious, flirty.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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dallying

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  • behindhand
  • bumming
  • careless
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  • chilling
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  • coquetting
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  • dawdling
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  • flirty
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  • fooling
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  • footling
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  • frippery
  • frisking
  • frisky
  • frivoling
  • frivolling
  • frivolousness
  • frolicking
  • fun
  • furloughing
  • futile
  • gaiety
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • game
  • giddiness
  • goldbricking
  • good-for-nothing
  • hanging
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  • hanging fire
  • heavy-footed
  • hibernating
  • idle
  • idleness
  • idling
  • inactive
  • inattentive
  • inching
  • incompetent
  • indifferent
  • indolence
  • indolent
  • inert
  • inertia
  • jest
  • jesting
  • joking
  • joshing
  • kicking around
  • kicking back
  • kidding
  • killing time
  • kittenish
  • lackadaisical
  • laggard
  • lagging
  • lallygagging
  • languid
  • languor
  • languorous
  • lassitude
  • late
  • lax
  • laziness
  • lazing
  • lazy
  • lazying
  • leading on
  • leisurely
  • lethargic
  • lethargy
  • levity
  • libidinous
  • lifeless
  • lightheartedness
  • lightness
  • lingering
  • listless
  • listlessness
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • lolling
  • lollygagging
  • lounging
  • lumbering
  • malingering
  • manipulating
  • marking time
  • mashing
  • measured
  • messing
  • messing around
  • monkeying
  • moping
  • moratory
  • moseying
  • mucking
  • neglectful
  • negligent
  • nonsense
  • out of it
  • passive
  • piddling
  • play
  • playing
  • pleasing
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poking
  • poky
  • procrastinating
  • puerility
  • putting off
  • putting on
  • rambling
  • razzing
  • recreating
  • relaxing
  • remiss
  • resting
  • ribbing
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • sauntering
  • screwing around
  • shallowness
  • shiftless
  • shiftlessness
  • shilly-shallying
  • shuffling
  • skylarking
  • slack
  • sleepy
  • sloth
  • slothful
  • slow
  • slow-footed
  • slow-moving
  • slowing
  • sluggish
  • sluggishness
  • snail-like
  • snail-paced
  • snaillike
  • snoozy
  • somnolent
  • spoony
  • sport
  • sporting
  • sportive
  • staggering
  • stalling
  • stringing along
  • strolling
  • superficiality
  • supine
  • supineness
  • swanning
  • tardy
  • tarrying
  • teasing
  • temporizing
  • time-wasting
  • tired
  • torpid
  • toying
  • trifling
  • triviality
  • truanting
  • unambitious
  • unconcerned
  • unenergetic
  • unhasty
  • unhurried
  • unindustrious
  • unmotivated
  • unpersevering
  • unready
  • vamping
  • vegging out
  • volatility
  • weary
  • whimsicality
  • whimsy
  • wooing
  • worthless

waggish

zesty

  • absorbing
  • acid
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • active
  • acute
  • alert
  • ambrosial
  • animate
  • animated
  • animating
  • antic
  • appetizing
  • ardent
  • aromal
  • aromatic
  • arresting
  • audacious
  • avid
  • barbed
  • biting
  • bitter
  • bold
  • bouncy
  • brash
  • brave
  • breezy
  • bright
  • bubbling
  • buoyant
  • burning
  • caustic
  • cheerful
  • chirpy
  • clever
  • coltish
  • courageous
  • cutting
  • dashing
  • dauntless
  • delectable
  • delicious
  • distinctive
  • dynamic
  • eager
  • ebullient
  • effervescent
  • effluvious
  • electrifying
  • energetic
  • energizing
  • engaging
  • engrossing
  • enlightening
  • entertaining
  • enthralling
  • enthusiastic
  • exciting
  • exhilarating
  • exuberant
  • fascinating
  • fearless
  • fiery
  • flavorful
  • flavorsome
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • fragrant
  • fresh
  • frolicsome
  • full of beans
  • full of life
  • full of spirit
  • galvanizing
  • game
  • gamesome
  • gay
  • gingery
  • gripping
  • gritty
  • gutsy
  • happy
  • harsh
  • heady
  • herbaceous
  • high-spirited
  • highly seasoned
  • hot
  • hyper
  • in high spirits
  • incisive
  • interesting
  • intrepid
  • intriguing
  • invigorating
  • jolly
  • jumping
  • jumpy
  • keen
  • kittenish
  • larkish
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • luscious
  • merry
  • mettlesome
  • mordant
  • nervy
  • nosey
  • odoriferous
  • palatable
  • passionate
  • penetrating
  • peppery
  • peppy
  • perfumed
  • perky
  • pert
  • piercing
  • piquant
  • piquing
  • playful
  • plucky
  • poignant
  • pointed
  • prankish
  • provocative
  • provoking
  • pungent
  • racy
  • redolent
  • resolute
  • responsive
  • rich
  • riveting
  • rocking
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • salt
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • saucy
  • savorous
  • savory
  • savoury
  • scathing
  • scented
  • scintillating
  • scrumptious
  • seasoned
  • sensitive
  • severe
  • sharp
  • snappy
  • sound
  • sour
  • sparkling
  • spicy
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • spunky
  • stimulating
  • stinging
  • stinking
  • stringent
  • strong
  • sweet
  • swinging
  • tangy
  • tart
  • tasty
  • telling
  • toothsome
  • tough
  • trenchant
  • upbeat
  • vibrant
  • vigorous
  • vinegary
  • virile
  • vital
  • vivacious
  • vivid
  • well-flavored
  • whiffy
  • wicked
  • with a kick
  • witty
  • zappy
  • zealous
  • zestful
  • zingy
  • zippy

gamesome

  • active
  • airy
  • amusing
  • animate
  • animated
  • antic
  • audacious
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boisterous
  • bold
  • boon
  • bouncy
  • brash
  • brazen
  • breezy
  • bubbly
  • buoyant
  • carefree
  • careless
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • clowning
  • cocky
  • coltish
  • comical
  • confident
  • considerate
  • convivial
  • crank
  • dapper
  • dashing
  • debonair
  • devil-may-care
  • devilish
  • easy
  • ecstatic
  • effervescent
  • elvish
  • euphoric
  • exhilarated
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • exuberant
  • fair
  • festive
  • flip
  • flippant
  • flirtatious
  • forward
  • free
  • fresh
  • frisky
  • frivolous
  • frolic
  • frolicsome
  • full of beans
  • full of fun
  • full of pep
  • fun
  • fun-loving
  • funny
  • game
  • gay
  • generous
  • gentlemanly
  • giddy
  • glad
  • gleeful
  • good-natured
  • happy
  • happy-go-lucky
  • high-spirited
  • hilarious
  • humorous
  • impertinent
  • impetuous
  • impish
  • impudent
  • in high spirits
  • insolent
  • insouciant
  • jaunty
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • jolly
  • jovial
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jumpy
  • keen
  • kittenish
  • larkish
  • light
  • light-headed
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • lyric
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • mischievous
  • natty
  • nervy
  • outgoing
  • overexuberant
  • peppy
  • perky
  • playful
  • pleasure-seeking
  • prankish
  • presuming
  • provocative
  • puckish
  • pushy
  • rapturous
  • raucous
  • reasonable
  • reckless
  • roguish
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • rowdy
  • saucy
  • self-assertive
  • self-confident
  • showy
  • silly
  • smart
  • snappy
  • sparkling
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sportsmanlike
  • sportsmanly
  • sportspersonlike
  • sporty
  • sprightly
  • spruce
  • square
  • square dealing
  • square-shooting
  • straight shooting
  • sunny
  • swaggering
  • teasing
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trim
  • uninhibited
  • venturesome
  • vivacious
  • waggish
  • wanton
  • whimsical
  • wicked
  • wild
  • witty
  • zesty
  • zippy

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