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shenanigans
| Main Entry: |
shenanigans
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | antics, capers, dirty trick, fooling around, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, horsing around, misbehavior, mischievousness, monkey business, naughtiness, nonsense, prank, trouble, vandalism |
| Main Entry: | shenanigan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, 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, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans*, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
* = 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, monkeyshines, prank, rib, roguery, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hanky-panky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monkey business |
| Synonyms: | amour, chicane, chicanery, dalliance, deception, devilry, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fooling around, fourberie, fraud, funny business, funny business, hankie-pankie, hokey-pokey, knavery, liaison, love affair, machinations, mischief, monkey business, romance, sexual activity, sharp practice, shenanigans*, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness, honesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horseplay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rough play |
| Synonyms: | antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, misbehavior, pranks, rough-housing, rowdiness, shenanigans, tomfoolery |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, tactic |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, contrivance, curveball, demarche, device, dodge, fancy footwork, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, jig, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shuffle*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misbehavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | naughty act, conduct |
| Synonyms: | acting up, fault, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, good conduct, manners, obedience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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