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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | merriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, grins, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, tomfoolery, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | gloom, misery |
| 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, larks, mischief, monkey business, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, shenanigans, stunt, tomfoolery |
| Main Entry: | crap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | baloney, bunk, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, foolishness, hogwash, idiocy, ludicrousness, poppycock, ridiculousness, rigmarole, tomfoolery, twaddle |
| Main Entry: | craziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, brainlessness, flakiness, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, nuttiness, senselessness, silliness, tomfoolery, wackiness, zaniness |
| Main Entry: | imbecility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foolishness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, absurdness, bunk, carrying-on, claptrap, craziness, dumb trick, folly, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, idiocy, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, mistake, nonsense, poppycock, preposterousness, rubbish*, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tomfoolery, tommyrot, twaddle, unreasonableness, unwiseness, weakness*, witlessness, zaniness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impishness |
| 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, 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 |
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