Synonyms of monkeyed (around)

monkeyed (around)

verb

past tense of monkey (around)

1

as in clowned (around)

to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clowned (around)
• horsed around
• cut up
• fooled around
• showed off
• revelled
• acted up
• reveled
• hotdogged
• skylarked
• showboated
• roared
• carried on
• misbehaved
• gambolled
• roughhoused
• gamboled
• capered
• cavorted
• romped
• frisked
• larked
• caroused
• wassailed
• rollicked
• frolicked
• mafficked
• disported

2

as in fiddled (around)

to spend time in aimless activity

would rather just monkey around instead of doing work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fiddled (around)
• puttered (around)
• played
• goofed (around)
• pottered (around)
• fooled around
• messed around
• hung about
• kicked around
• doodled
• hanged (around or out)
• trifled
• fribbled
• clowned (around)
• horsed around
• hung (around or out)
• lounged
• idled
• dillydallied
• diddled (with)
• loafed
• dawdled
• lolled
• dallied
• tinkered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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