Synonyms of escapade

escapade

noun

ˈe-skə-ˌpād 

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prank
• adventure
• trick
• experience
• caper
• joking
• antic
• practical joke
• frolic
• gag
• time
• capriccio
• roguery
• game
• knavery
• waggery
• shine(s)
• rag
• shavie
• dido
• monkeyshine(s)
• feat
• kidding
• lark
• performance
• jest
• stunt
• tomfoolery
• skylarking
• mission
• deed
• horseplay
• play
• teasing
• roughhousing
• high jinks
• hoax
• rowdyism
• gambit
• maneuver
• ruse
• deception
• whim
• shenanigan(s)
• ploy
• stratagem
• whimsy
• subterfuge
• trickery
• vagary
• delusion
• caprice
• deceit
• hanky-panky
• fooling
• fraud
• conceit
• wile
• sham
• fancy
• hoodwinking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of escapade

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Based on author Mark Twain's own childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, this book follows the escapades of a boy with an adventurous, and often mischievous, spirit growing up along the Mississippi River. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 June 2026

In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment. — Air Mail, 20 June 2026

While the two keep drinking and wait for a rare lunar event, old grievances, outrageous escapades, and macho rivalries explode to the surface. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 June 2026

But what the entire multi-month escapade has achieved remains unclear. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026

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