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monkeyed (around)

verb , past tense of monkey (around)

Synonyms and Antonyms of monkeyed (around)

1 to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something

Synonyms of monkeyed (around)

acted up, clowned (around), cut up, fooled around, horsed around, hotdogged, showboated, showed off, skylarked

Words Related to monkeyed (around)

carried on, misbehaved

capered, cavorted, disported, frisked, frolicked, gamboled (or gambolled), larked, rollicked, romped

caroused, mafficked, reveled (or revelled), roared, wassailed

2 to spend time in aimless activity

would rather just monkey around instead of doing work

Synonyms of monkeyed (around)

doodled, fiddled (around), fooled around, fribbled, goofed (around), hung about [British], kicked around, messed around, played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled

Words Related to monkeyed (around)

dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, lounged

clowned (around), horsed around

diddled (with), tinkered

Near Antonyms of monkeyed (around)

buckled (down), knuckled down, settled (down), set (to)

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