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tomfoolery

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Synonyms of tomfoolery

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

the open bar may have had something to do with the tomfoolery at the wedding reception

Synonyms for tomfoolery

buffoonery,
clownery,
clowning,
foolery,
high jinks
(also hijinks),
horseplay,
horsing around,
monkey business,
monkeying,
monkeyshine(s),
roughhouse,
roughhousing,
shenanigan(s),
skylarking,
slapstick

Words Related to tomfoolery

childishness,
clownishness,
foolishness,
funning,
jesting,
joking,
nonsense,
silliness,
waggery

boisterousness,
rambunctiousness,
rowdiness,
rowdyism,
rumbustiousness
[chiefly British]

devilry
(or deviltry),
impishness,
knavery,
mischief,
mischievousness,
prankishness,
rascality,
roguery,
roguishness,
trickery

cavorting,
frivolity,
frolicking,
gamboling
(or gambolling),
merrymaking,
playfulness,
revelry,
roistering,
romping,
sporting,
sportiveness

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