Synonyms of frisk

frisk 1 of 2

verb

ˈfrisk 

as in to hop

to play and run about happily

carefree kids laughing and frisking about in their backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hop
• dance
• skip
• gambol
• leap
• caper
• frolic
• cavort
• cut capers
• lark
• romp
• sport
• rollick
• tumble
• revel
• prance
• disport
• lope
• bound
• carouse
• trip
• spring
• curvet
• cut up
• kick up one's heels
• roister
• horse around
• fool around
• clown
• roughhouse
• carry on
• joyride
• kite
• skylark

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stew
• pout
• sulk
• mope

frisk

2 of 2

noun

as in spree

a time or instance of carefree fun

fondly remembers the summer before he started college as one long frisk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spree
• gambol
• lark
• revel
• romp
• idyl
• fling
• frolic
• idyll
• binge
• ploy
• rollick
• caper
• escapade
• bum
• carouse
• toot
• prank
• festivity
• bender
• antic
• splore
• bust
• shenanigan(s)
• merrymaking
• souse
• amusement
• indulgence
• diversion
• monkeyshine(s)
• brannigan
• merriment
• enjoyment
• field day
• pleasure
• entertainment
• recreation
• self-indulgence

Examples of frisk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

As the lights came up, an old man dozed while a teenage boy and girl frisked nearby in an unconvincing body of water. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024

The Philadelphia Police Department settled a lawsuit in 2011 accusing police officers of illegally stopping and frisking thousands of people. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024

Noun

And in June, a federal monitor said that anti-crime units activated by Mr. Adams were conducting too many unlawful stops, searches and frisks. —Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023

Arrests in the city were highest in the 2000s and early 2010s, during the peak era of stop and frisk, a period when police conducted millions of mostly unlawful stops targeting Black and Latino men. —Ashley Southall, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023