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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, quip |
| Synonyms: | antic, bon mot, buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, ha-ha, hoodwinking, horseplay, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, mummery, one-liner, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, put-on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan, snow job, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | romp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun; caper |
| Synonyms: | antic, cakewalk, cavort, dance, escapade, frisk, frolic, gambol, hop, lark, leap, play, rollick, rout, skip, sport |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, joking |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollification, jollity, kidding, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, mummery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, trifling |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| 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 |
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