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

One of the most famous escapades at Church Street took place in 1997. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Nikolau posted images of the escapade on her social media accounts, including a photo that modeled an engagement-style ring above a bird’s-eye view of Manhattan. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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

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