Synonyms of horseplay

horseplay

noun

as in roughhousing

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

when he saw us spraying each other with the hose instead of washing the car, Dad yelled, "Cut out the horseplay!"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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