| Main Entry: | dirty tricks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonest practices |
Synonyms: |
dirty pool, funny business, malicious tactics, monkey business, shady business, skullduggery, unethical behavior |
| Main Entry: | foul play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treacherous action |
Synonyms: |
bad deed, corruption, crime, cruel act, dirty trick, dirty work, felony, fraud, funny business, lawbreaking, murder, violence, wrong |
| Main Entry: | hanky-panky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monkey business |
Synonyms: |
amour, chicane, chicanery, dalliance, deception, devilry, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fooling around, fourberie, fraud, funny business, funny business, hankie-pankie, hokey-pokey, knavery, liaison, love affair, machinations, mischief, monkey business, romance, sexual activity, sharp practice, shenanigans*, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery |
Antonyms: |
faithfulness, honesty |
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
behavior, obedience |
| Main Entry: | shenanigans |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
Synonyms: |
antics, capers, dirty trick, fooling around, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, horsing around, misbehavior, mischievousness, monkey business, naughtiness, nonsense, prank, trouble, vandalism |
| Main Entry: | tomfoolery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, antics, bunk, carrying-on, clowning, craziness, folly, foolery, fooling around, foolishness, fun, funny business, giddiness, high jinks, horseplay, insanity, irresponsibility, joking, kidding around, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, ridiculousness, senselessness, shenanigans*, silliness |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine, practical joke, put-on, shenanigan, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |
| Main Entry: | trickery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, joke |
Synonyms: |
bait and switch, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, dupery, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraud, funny business, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, razzle-dazzle, scam, sharp practice, shell game, shenanigans*, snow job, sting*, stunt, swindling, underhandedness |
| Main Entry: | impishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | jig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge*, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, lark, maneuver, monkeyshine, ploy, practical joke, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sleight of hand, sport*, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile |