Synonyms of rascally

rascally

adjective

ˈra-skə-lē 

as in mischievous

tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness

those rascally boys had let all of the lab mice out of their cages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischievous
• wicked
• playful
• roguish
• impish
• knavish
• puckish
• devilish
• prankish
• waggish
• pixie
• sly
• naughty
• tricksy
• elvish
• pixieish
• happy
• cunning
• lively
• kittenish
• arch
• wily
• frolicsome
• espiègle
• leprechaunish
• frisky
• coltish
• sprightly
• scampish
• whimsical
• antic
• coy
• spirited
• teasing
• crafty
• sportful
• lighthearted
• energetic
• sportive
• troublemaking
• tricky
• artful
• gay
• misbehaving
• pestering
• riling
• trickish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grave
• solemn
• stern
• grim
• sober
• sedate
• staid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rascally

Compare this with a similarly arresting later sequence, set deep within a magnificently mossy forest, where a band of hunters, led by Sung-ki (Zo In-sung, full of rascally charisma), do battle with Va’migere’s alien friends. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

If a rascally possum does become a problem, here's how to get rid of it and keep that opossum away. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

In 1950, scientists deployed a virus called Myxoma to destroy the rascally rabbits. — Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022

The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022

Esty’s flight from Brooklyn has the feel of a thriller, complete with a cat-and-mouse chase as Yanky and his rascally cousin Moishe fly to Germany in pursuit. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2020

Mitch and Haylie Ferguson said the rascally rodent had somehow gotten into the fireplace, then proceeded to go on a 10-minute rampage running around the living room, news agency SWNS reports. — Fox News, 19 Dec. 2019

The event, which is already sold-out in the elegant waterfront Clipper Room at Hammond Marina, will include topics from the history of farming to today's gardening and wrangling with rascally rabbit populations. — Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2018

Oldest sib Creighton, 32, thought back to the family’s former home, the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, and the cops who’d bug him and his rascally brothers around town. — Sean Gregory/bongpyeong, Time, 11 Feb. 2018