Synonyms of monkeyshine

monkeyshine

noun

1

as in hijinks

usually monkeyshines plural wildly playful or mischievous behavior

hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in trick

usually monkeyshines plural a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• caper
• escapade
• practical joke
• experience
• prank
• adventure
• shine(s)
• antic
• knavery
• shavie
• roguery
• gag
• waggery
• capriccio
• rag
• frolic
• joking
• dido
• skylarking
• jest
• hoax
• horseplay
• hijinks
• feat
• lark
• deception
• delusion
• tomfoolery
• teasing
• rowdyism
• roughhousing
• performance
• fraud
• high jinks
• deed
• kidding
• maneuver
• stunt
• gambit
• mission
• whimsy
• time
• ruse
• subterfuge
• shenanigan(s)
• game
• fooling
• deceit
• stratagem
• ploy
• vagary
• hanky-panky
• caprice
• trickery
• whimsey
• whim
• play
• sham
• hoodwinking
• conceit
• wile
• fancy