Synonyms of antic

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adjective

1

as in humorous

causing or intended to cause laughter

antic shenanigans that made me nearly fall over with laughter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humorous
• comedic
• funny
• comical
• amusing
• comic
• ridiculous
• hysterical
• entertaining
• playful
• hilarious
• farcical
• riotous
• uproarious
• ludicrous
• witty
• droll
• screaming
• laughable
• risible
• humoristic
• sidesplitting
• chucklesome
• killing
• zany
• clownish
• slapstick
• merry
• waggish
• whimsical
• jocular
• flippant
• laughing
• flip
• slapsticky
• facetious
• diverting
• wry
• mirthful
• jovial
• jokey
• jocose
• gleeful
• jolly
• campy
• knockabout
• mad
• priceless
• pert
• smart-alecky
• jocund
• smart
• rich
• smart-aleck
• blithesome
• snickery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lame
• serious
• humorless
• solemn
• earnest
• somber
• tragic
• staid
• unfunny
• severe
• grave
• unamusing
• sedate
• unsmiling
• sober
• weighty
• poignant
• unhumorous
• unhysterical
• uncomic
• moving
• touching
• sad
• mournful
• affecting
• sorrowful
• tearful
• lachrymose
• no-nonsense
• woeful
• sobersided

2

as in playful

given to good-natured joking or teasing

an antic group of kids at summer camp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playful
• amusing
• mischievous
• goofy
• entertaining
• merry
• sportive
• lively
• frisky
• energetic
• frolicsome
• rollicking
• delightful
• larky
• elfish
• happy
• silly
• sportful
• coltish
• whimsical
• enjoyable
• pleasing
• fun
• fay
• impish
• lighthearted
• joking
• gay
• coy
• spirited
• roguish
• pleasant
• vivacious
• sprightly
• frolic
• spunky
• pixie
• frivolous
• kittenish
• rascally
• devilish
• jocund
• teasing
• jocose
• jocular
• pleasurable
• trifling
• knavish
• prankish
• diverting
• jesting
• dabbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnest
• serious
• responsible
• sober
• dutiful
• solemn
• somber
• stern
• grim
• stolid
• grave
• serious-minded
• priggish
• proper
• decorous
• formal
• sobersided
• stuffy
• staid
• sedate
• starchy
• restrained
• inhibited
• guarded
• no-nonsense

antic

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noun

ˈan-tik 

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

we'll have no more of your antics, so just settle down

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of antic

Adjective

Black comedy is among the hardest tones to nail, and if there was a single knowing wink from the actors or even a soupçon of exaggeration in the execution, the whole thing could simply become too tiresomely antic to be actually funny. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026

The grid of four tiles features an illustration of a fanciful townhouse, along with drawings inspired by the comic book Archie’s Madhouse and antic cells from Donald Duck and The Katzenjammer Kids. — Carolina A. Miranda, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2026

Noun

Joe’s vigilante antics soon draw the ire of mob kingpin Giuseppe Falcone (Pacino) — this is the best name Besson could come up with — who confronts the killer priest in a confessional before vying to take him down. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Esmerelda’s become something like the Dwight Schrute of the series, with Impacciatore playing her scenes as a clownlike farce, but her antics don’t intersect with the rest of The Paper’s plotlines tonally or narratively. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

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