Synonyms of monkey business

monkey business

noun

as in joking

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

the new nanny will not tolerate such monkey business from her charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

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