Synonyms of waggery

waggery

noun

ˈwa-gə-rē 

1

as in mischief

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

tossing lighted firecrackers around is not the kind of harmless waggery that it might seem

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gravity
• seriousness
• solemnity
• gravitas
• solemnness

2

as in joke

something said or done to cause laughter

Will Rogers' homespun waggeries struck a chord with audiences during the Great Depression

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• laugh
• joking
• drollery
• witticism
• jape
• giggle
• gag
• pleasantry
• wisecrack
• quip
• funny
• one-liner
• rib
• sally
• jest
• josh
• scream
• yuk
• boff
• prank
• humorousness
• nifty
• crack
• comedy
• parody
• buffoonery
• riot
• humor
• raillery
• funning
• wisecracking
• antic
• leg-pull
• caper
• banter
• trick
• practical joke
• burlesque
• panic
• persiflage
• drollness
• lampoon
• boffola
• mock
• riff
• repartee
• mockery
• caricature
• knee-slapper
• put-on
• funniness
• kidding
• facetiousness
• wordplay
• wit
• hilariousness
• thigh-slapper
• monkeyshine(s)

3

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

her innocent little waggeries usually involved whoopee cushions or fake snakes in cans

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of waggery

To ask you to step into the parlor was Maggie’s favorite waggery, the divisions of her cabin being purely imaginary. — Gertrude A. Zerr, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019