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horseplay - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | horseplay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rough play |
| Synonyms: | misbehavior, shenanigans, tomfoolery, antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, pranks, rough-housing, rowdiness |
| Main Entry: | cavort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, prance |
| Synonyms: | caper, carry on*, cut loose*, cut up*, dance, fool around*, frisk, gambol, horse around*, horseplay, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse, sport, caracole, go places and do things, monkey around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense, satire |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, horseplay*, interlude, joke, mock, mockery, parody, play, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty, broad comedy, buffoonery, high camp, low camp, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sobriety, tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
| Synonyms: | farce, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, sham*, teasing, trifling, bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, frolicking, joshing, kidding, making light, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking, spoofing |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monkey business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shenanigans |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, disobedience, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, inanity, insanity, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock*, prank, silliness, stupidity, absurdness, antics, buffoonery, carrying-on, clowning around, craziness, foolery, hokey-pokey, horse feathers, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, mischief-making, tommyrot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, play, rib*, rollick, roughhouse, shenanigans, shine*, spoof, sport, tomfoolery, trick, whim, monkeyshines, put-on, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shenanigans |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | gag, hanky-panky*, high jinks, horseplay, misbehavior, monkey business*, nonsense, prank, trouble, vandalism, antics, capers, dirty trick, fooling around, frolicsomeness, funny business, horsing around, mischievousness, naughtiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tomfoolery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, bunk, folly, foolishness, fun, high jinks, horseplay, insanity, joking, lunacy, madness, shenanigans*, silliness, antics, carrying-on, clowning, craziness, foolery, fooling around, funny business, giddiness, irresponsibility, kidding around, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, senselessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, cheating, chicanery, con*, contrivance, craft, deceit, deception, device, dishonesty, dodge, feint, flimflam*, fraud, gambit, game, gimmick, guile, hoax, horseplay, imposition, lure, maneuver, monkey business*, plot, ploy, racket*, ruse, scam*, scheming, setup, shenanigans*, skullduggery*, slant, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch, trick, trickery, twist, artfulness, chicane, craftiness, dissimulation, little game, monkeyshines, slyness |
| Antonyms: | stupidity, naivety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act up (misbehave) |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misbehave badly |
| Synonyms: | carry on, fool around, horseplay, misbehave, rebel, show off, act out, be bad, be out of line, behave badly, make trouble, set a bad example |
| Antonyms: | behave |
| Main Entry: | roughhouse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | roughness |
| Synonyms: | horseplay, rowdiness |
| Main Entry: | high jinks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun and games |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, escapade, frolic, fun, horseplay, mischief, monkey business, practical joke, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery, larks, monkeyshines |
| Main Entry: | low comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedy based on slapstick |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, farce, horseplay, slapstick, light comedy |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, quip |
| Synonyms: | antic, burlesque, caper, caprice, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, horseplay*, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, snow job*, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn, bon mot, buffoonery, chestnut*, clowning, ha-ha, hoodwinking, mummery, put-on, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, joking |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollity, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, trifling, jollification, kidding, mummery |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
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