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| 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: | escapade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, usually lighthearted |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, fling, folly, frolic, gag, high jinks, lark, mischief, prank, rib*, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary, monkeyshines, roguery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hanky-panky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monkey business |
| Synonyms: | amour, chicanery, dalliance, deception, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fraud, liaison, love affair, mischief, monkey business*, romance, shenanigans*, skullduggery*, subterfuge, trickery, chicane, devilry, fooling around, fourberie, funny business, funny business, hankie-pankie, hokey-pokey, knavery, machinations, sexual activity, sharp practice |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, honesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | misbehavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | naughty act, conduct |
| Synonyms: | fault, impropriety, incivility, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, monkey business*, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing, acting up, immorality, indiscipline, misdoing, naughtiness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, manners, obedience, good conduct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, evil, fault, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, misconduct, misfortune, monkey business*, outrage, prank, sabotage, shenanigans, transgression, vandalism, wrong, wrongdoing, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, impishness, mischievousness, misdoing, naughtiness, playfulness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sportiveness, waggery, waggishness, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience |
* = 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: | ruse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, deception |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, blind, booby trap*, deceit, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, hoax, imposture, maneuver, ploy, scenario, sham, shenanigans*, shift, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch*, twist*, wile, curveball, jig |
* = 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: | trickery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, joke |
| Synonyms: | cheat, cheating, chicanery, con, deceit, dishonesty, dodge, double-cross*, double-dealing*, flimflam*, fraud, guile, hoax, imposture, pretense, quackery, scam, shell game*, shenanigans*, snow job*, sting*, stunt, bait and switch, chicane, dupery, fast shuffle, fourberie, funny business, razzle-dazzle, sharp practice, swindling, underhandedness |
* = 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: | practical joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick or prank |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, escapade, espieglerie, fool's errand, frolic, gag, high jinks, mischievous trick, monkeyshines, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery, trick |
| 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: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, tactic |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shuffle*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick, curveball, demarche, fancy footwork, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny act |
| Synonyms: | caper, dido, frolic, joke, lark, romp, tomfoolery, trick, shenanigan |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag*, gambol, high jinks, hop, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib*, rollick, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick, hot foot, monkeyshines, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frolic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, revel |
| Synonyms: | antic, drollery, escapade, fun, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, joke, lark, merriment, play, prank, romp, sport, spree, tomfoolery*, trick, fun and games, joviality, monkeyshines, shenanigan, skylarking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, gag*, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine*, practical joke, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery, funny business, put-on, shenanigan |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wisecrack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, dig, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, prank, quip, remark, retort, rib, stunt, trick, witticism, yarn, clowning, put-on, shenanigan, smart crack, zinger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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