Synonyms of roguery

roguery

noun

ˈrō-g(ə-)rē 

1

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

those adolescent rogueries that seemed funny at the time—but only stupid when considered in hindsight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in mischief

playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm

the old fraternity brothers fondly recounted how their roguery used to rile the dean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischief
• rascality
• playfulness
• devilment
• knavery
• roguishness
• mischievousness
• wickedness
• devilry
• devilishness
• diablerie
• hob
• impishness
• waggery
• waggishness
• misconduct
• naughtiness
• espièglerie
• misbehavior
• chicanery
• buffoonery
• shenanigan(s)
• trickery
• sportiveness
• irritation
• trick
• troublemaking
• annoyance
• exasperation
• tomfoolery
• skylarking
• friskiness
• monkeying
• monkey business
• horseplay
• goings-on
• caper
• hanky-panky
• diabolicalness
• high jinks
• antic
• roughhousing
• practical joke
• monkeyshine(s)
• aggravation
• dido

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seriousness
• gravity
• solemnity
• gravitas
• solemnness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roguery

America, this is a level of pure double-dealing, roguery, and downright villainy ne’er witnessed on this television program. — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2021

His own father, famously, had been a confidence trickster, and le Carré was therefore all too well equipped to mount a lifelong investigation into the uses of roguery, not to mention sleights of hand, some of them amounting to a national disgrace. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020

Trump smiled, and the dinner guests laughed at the sole acknowledgment of presidential roguery on this otherwise traditional night. — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019