| Main Entry: | high jinks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun and games |
Synonyms: |
antic, caper, escapade, frolic, fun, horseplay, larks, mischief, monkey business, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
Synonyms: |
escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, hot foot, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib, rollick, shenanigan, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick |
| Main Entry: | escapade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, usually lighthearted |
Synonyms: |
antic, caper, fling, folly, frolic, gag, high jinks, lark, mischief, monkeyshines, prank, rib, roguery, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary |
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
Synonyms: |
bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, farce, frolicking, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, joshing, kidding, making light, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, roughhousing, rowdiness, sham*, skylarking, spoofing, teasing, trifling |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |
| Main Entry: | frolic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, revel |
Synonyms: |
antic, drollery, escapade, fun, fun and games, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, joke, joviality, lark, merriment, monkeyshines, play, prank, romp, shenanigan, skylarking, sport, spree, tomfoolery*, trick |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
sadness, work |
| 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: | monkey business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shenanigans |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, absurdness, antics, buffoonery, carrying-on, clowning around, craziness, disobedience, foolery, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, hokey-pokey, horse feathers, horseplay, inanity, insanity, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, mischief-making, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock, prank, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot |
| Main Entry: | prank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practical joke; frivolity |
Synonyms: |
antic, caper, caprice, escapade, fancy, fooling, frolic, gag, gambol, high jinks, horseplay, hotfoot, lark, levity, lightness, monkeyshines, play, put-on, rib, rollick, roughhouse, roughhousing, rowdiness, shenanigans, shine*, skylarking, spoof, sport, tomfoolery, trick, whim |
| Main Entry: | revel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, merrymaking |
Synonyms: |
bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gala, high jinks, jollification, jollity, merriment, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, skylarking, spree, wassail, whoopee |