Synonyms and Antonyms of mischief
1
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
- the children claimed that setting off a firecracker was harmless mischief, but they got a lecture anyway
devilishness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), diablerie, espièglerie, hob, impishness, knavery, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan(s), waggery, waggishness, wickedness
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
aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation
2
a natural disposition for playful behavior
- your mother was full of mischief as a child, believe it or not
coltishness, espièglerie, friskiness, impishness, larkiness, mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, sportfulness, sportiveness, tricksiness
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), scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain
