Synonyms and Antonyms of mischief
1
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm - They are always up to some kind of mischief.
devilishness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hob, impishness, knavery, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan(s)
diabolicalness, misbehavior, misconduct, naughtiness, troublemaking
buffoonery, friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness
chicanery, trickery
goings-on, hanky-panky, high jinks (also hijinks), monkey business, monkeying, monkeyshine(s), skylarking, tomfoolery
horseplay, roughhousing
antic, caper, dido, practical joke, trick
2
a natural disposition for playful behavior - Your mother was full of mischief as a child, believe it or not.
coyness, kittenishness
archness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hob, rascality, roguishness, waggery
devilishness, diabolicalness, knavery
frivolousness
energy, liveliness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunkiness, vivaciousness, vivacity
gaiety (also gayety), jocularity, jocundity, lightheartedness, mirthfulness, whimsicality
graveness, grimness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness, sternness
priggishness, starchiness, stuffiness
constraint, restraint, self-control
3
an appealingly mischievous person - He's a little mischief who means no harm.
beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker
knave, miscreant, reprobate, scalawag (or scallywag), scoundrel, varlet, villain