Synonyms of shenanigans

shenanigans

noun

plural of shenanigan

1

as in mischief

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

students engaging in youthful shenanigans on the last day of school

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seriousness
• gravity
• gravitas
• solemnity
• solemnness

• seriousness
• gravity
• gravitas
• solemnity
• solemnness

2

as in tomfoolery

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

an act of vandalism that went way beyond the usual shenanigans at summer camp

Synonyms & Similar Words

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