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Synonyms of caper
(Entry 1 of 2)
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
- long-ago college capers that have become more rollicking and daring with each recounting
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Words Related to caper
- adventure,
- experience,
- game,
- lark,
- time
- high jinks
- (also hijinks),
- horseplay,
- play,
- roughhousing,
- rowdyism
- deed,
- feat,
- mission,
- performance,
- stunt
- deceit,
- deception,
- delusion,
- fooling,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- hoodwinking,
- ruse,
- sham,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trickery,
- wile
caper
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of caper (Entry 2 of 2)
to play and run about happily
- as summer drew to a close, the children spent their days wistfully capering on the beach
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The first known use of caper was in the 14th century
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