monkeyshines

NOUN

caper

Synonyms

STRONG

escapade gag gambol hop jest joke jump leap mischief prank revel rib rollick shenanigan sport stunt tomfoolery trick

WEAK

high jinks hot foot practical joke put on

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness

NOUN

escapade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antic fling

STRONG

caper folly frolic gag lark mischief prank rib roguery romp scrape shenanigans spree stunt trick vagary

WEAK

high jinks rollick

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness

NOUN

frolic

Synonyms

STRONG

antic drollery escapade fun gaiety gambol game joke joviality lark merriment play prank romp shenanigan skylarking sport spree tomfoolery trick

WEAK

fun and games high jinks

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness work

NOUN

high jinks

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antic horseplay prank

WEAK

caper escapade frolic fun larks mischief monkey business practical joke shenanigans stunt tomfoolery

NOUN

practical joke

Synonyms

STRONGEST

prank

WEAK

antic caper escapade espieglerie fool's errand frolic gag high jinks mischievous trick shenanigans stunt tomfoolery trick

NOUN

prank

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antic gag high jinks horseplay lark spoof trick

STRONG

caper caprice escapade fancy fooling frolic gambol hotfoot levity lightness play put on rib rollick roughhouse roughhousing rowdiness shenanigans shine skylarking sport tomfoolery whim

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness work

NOUN

shenanigan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antic escapade gag high jinks horseplay

STRONG

caper caprice fancy frolic gambol hotfoot joke lark levity lightness play put on rib rowdiness shine spoof sport tomfoolery trick whim

WEAK

fooling rollick roughhouse roughhousing skylarking

Antonyms

STRONG

seriousness work

NOUN

wile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guile stratagem

STRONG

angle artfulness artifice cheating chicane chicanery con contrivance craft craftiness deceit deception device dishonesty dissimulation dodge feint flimflam fraud gambit game gimmick hoax horseplay imposition lure maneuver plot ploy racket ruse scam setup shenanigans skullduggery slant slyness stunt subterfuge switch trick trickery twist

WEAK

little game monkey business scheming

Antonyms

STRONG

fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity truth truthfulness uprightness

WEAK

naïveté stupidity

Example Sentences

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This weekend, anyway, they preferred watching more serious monkeyshines of the Planet of the Apes species.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2011

Fumbling seductions and moneyed monkeyshines fill Donleavy's tall tale of a rich and dreamy young man wandering aimlessly through Paris, Dublin and London.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the musical stuffed shirts wanted more blatant examples of undignified monkeyshines, he could refresh their memories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around the league he is known as a "loner" who shuns locker-room monkeyshines.

From Time Magazine Archive

And I don't aim to take no back-talk from a wall-eyed, long-legged, chuckle-headed brat; that's hired to help his poor old dad and who spends his time cuttin' monkeyshines with a dorg.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson

monkeyshines

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