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

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

Last year’s installment, V/H/S/Beyond, tweaked the genre instead of the era, putting an explicitly sci-fi spin on the horror high jinks. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 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

That means our television screens will soon be graced with more of Barrymore’s hilarious high jinks, emotional heart-to-hearts, and (hopefully) walks down memory lane with some of her famous pals. —Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025