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escapade

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Synonyms and Antonyms of escapade

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

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

Synonyms of escapade

antic, caper, capriccio, dido, frolic, gag, jest, knavery, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, rag [chiefly British], roguery, shavie [Scottish], shine(s), trick, waggery

Words Related to escapade

adventure, experience, game, lark, time

high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism

shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

joking, kidding, teasing

gambit, hoax, maneuver, ploy

deed, feat, mission, performance, stunt

caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)

deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile

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