Synonyms of high jinks

high jinks

plural noun

ˈhī-ˌjiŋks 

variants also hijinks

as in joking

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• shenanigan(s)
• funning
• horsing around
• clowning
• monkey business
• monkeying
• tomfoolery
• buffoonery
• monkeyshine(s)
• skylarking
• roughhousing
• playfulness
• roughhouse
• horseplay
• clownery
• slapstick
• silliness
• foolery
• nonsense
• prankishness
• sporting
• mischief
• rumbustiousness
• rowdyism
• clownishness
• childishness
• trickery
• jesting
• rowdiness
• boisterousness
• rambunctiousness
• foolishness
• roguishness
• rascality
• revelry
• merrymaking
• frivolity
• sportiveness
• mischievousness
• waggery
• cavorting
• frolicking
• roguery
• impishness
• romping
• devilry
• knavery
• gamboling
• roistering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of high jinks

On Thanksgiving Day, the flurry of food and family time (or family drama, as the case may be) calls to mind nothing so much as the halcyon days of Gossip Girl—in particular, the holiday high jinks of Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, Jenny, et al. —Abrigail Williams, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025

The radical outliers self-destruct during the high jinks (they get arrested or killed), but most people exhaust themselves and are happy to return to their workweek lives. —Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

With apologies to those who love to tell a stoner story, this new paradigm means fewer high jinks and less rebellion. —Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025

The Butthole Surfers—their name, high jinks, and toilet paper stagecraft aside—were a rigorous, conceptual band. —Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025