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mischief

noun

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
Synonyms of mischief

devilishness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), diablerie, espièglerie, hob, impishness, knavery, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan(s), waggery, waggishness, wickedness
Words Related to mischief

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
Near Antonyms of mischief

gravitas, gravity, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness

2 a natural disposition for playful behavior

  • your mother was full of mischief as a child, believe it or not
Synonyms of mischief

coltishness, espièglerie, friskiness, impishness, larkiness, mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, sportfulness, sportiveness, tricksiness
Words Related to mischief

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
Near Antonyms of mischief

graveness, grimness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness, sternness

priggishness, starchiness, stuffiness

constraint, restraint, self-control
Antonyms of mischief

earnestness, soberness, sobersidedness

3 an appealingly mischievous person

  • he's a little mischief who means no harm
Synonyms of mischief

devil, hellion, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, urchin
Words Related to mischief

cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker

ragamuffin

brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance

juvenile delinquent

gamin, gamine
Near Antonyms of mischief

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

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