Frolickers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A playful individual who engages in lively and merry activities or adventures alongside others
2. A person who participates in joyful and spirited play, often characterized by lightheartedness and spontaneity
3. Someone who enjoys carefree and merriment-filled escapades, frequently in a group setting

Etymology: "Frolicker" is a plain formation: the verb "frolic" with the agent suffix "-er", which marks a person who does the action. "Frolic" itself came into English from Dutch "vrolijk" or a related Dutch form meaning "merry," and the suffix has a longer ancestry, passing through Old French and Latin before reaching English, where it has been a productive way to name people by their activity for centuries. The noun "frolickers" is simply the plural, so it refers to several people who frolic together. A group of frolickers is therefore the natural English way to describe a crowd of people bent on merriment, and the word needs no further history beyond the verb it comes from.

Synonyms: playful people, rompers, merrymakers, gamers, revelers

Antonyms: gloomy people, dullards, mopers, sulkers, grumblers